Anzhu Islands
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Anzhu Islands
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Island group | |
Coordinates: 75°28′30″N 143°2′30″E / 75.47500°N 143.04167°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Far Eastern Federal District |
Republic | Yakutia |
Government | |
Website | http://government.ru/en/ |
The Anzhu Islands or Anjou Islands (Russian: Oстрова Анжу, tr. Ostrova Anzhu; Yakut: Анжу арыыларa, romanized: Anju arıılara) are an archipelago and geographical subgroup of the New Siberian Islands archipelago. They are located between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea in the Russian Arctic Ocean.
Etymology
The Anzhu Islands are named after Russian explorer Pyotr Anjou, a Russian-born descendant of Protestant refugees from the French province of Anjou.
Geography
The total area of the islands is approx. 29,000 km2.
This island group is a practically uninhabited territory. It belongs administratively to Yakutia, Russian Federation.
Main islands
The main islands of the Anzhu Islands archipelago are, from west to east:
References
- Location of the Anzhu Islands Archived 2008-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Media related to Anzhu Islands at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles containing Russian-language text
- Articles containing Yakut-language text
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- Anzhu Islands
- Archipelagoes of the East Siberian Sea
- Archipelagoes of the Laptev Sea
- New Siberian Islands
- Archipelagoes of the Sakha Republic
- Islands of Siberia
- Uninhabited islands of Russia