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Saint Peter Islands

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24: 421: 36: 187:. The climate is Arctic and severe with frequent blizzards in the winter. The sea surrounding these Islands is covered with fast ice most of the year and is obstructed by pack ice even in the summer, so that these islands are merged with the mainland and animals can go across the ice. 238:
with a surface of 175 km. It is located very close to the coast, separated from it by a sound that is only 1.2 km wide in its narrowest point. The latitude of this island is 76° 40' N and its longitude 112° 25'
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is significantly smaller than its northern neighbor. It is located 9 km to the SW of Ostrov Petr-Severnyy and it is farther offshore. The latitude is 76° 20' N and its longitude 113° 15' E.
387: 409: 281:(Остров Андрея; Ostrov Andreia) is an island of similar characteristics lying about 40 km further northwest along the coast. This island, 702: 697: 305:(Остров Псов) is 4 km long and 3 km wide. It lies further down the coast, 43 km from Petr-Yuzhnyy's southeastern point. 289:(Остров Кошка; Ostrov Koshka), a neighboring long and narrow coastal island, are sometimes included as part of the same group, the 183:
and ice. These islands, as well as some other islands nearby (Ostrova Andreia, Ostrov Pavla) were originally named after Christian
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The Saint Peter Islands at the northeastern end of the Taymyr Peninsula
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The Saint Peter Islands are surrounded by narrow beach ridges and
125: 391: 141: 136: 124: 110: 102: 94: 57: 47: 42: 248:Other lesser islands in the Saint Peter group are 351:The First Soviet Convoy to the Mouth of the Lena 218:coastal region, off the eastern shores of the 403: 8: 16: 426:Islands of the Laptev Sea (Russian Arctic) 410: 396: 388: 34: 22: 15: 327: 7: 383:Northern Sea Route User Conference 293:(Острова Андрея; Ostrova Andreia). 14: 285:(Остров Павла; Ostrov Pavla) and 190:This island group belongs to the 419: 175:) are two islands covered with 273:Other adjacent coastal islands 1: 517:Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands 224:Bukhta Marii Pronchishchevoy 703:Islands of Krasnoyarsk Krai 194:administrative division of 719: 378:Russian Polar Explorations 214:. They are located in the 698:Islands of the Laptev Sea 432: 168: 115: 33: 21: 316:List of islands by area 472:Bulgunnyakhtakh-Belkey 234:The largest island is 297:Vos'mogo Marta Island 572:New Siberian Islands 291:Saint Andrew Islands 236:Ostrov Petr-Severnyy 612:Saint Peter Islands 607:Saint Andrew Island 279:Saint Andrew Island 243:Ostrov Petr-Yuzhnyy 157:Saint Petra Islands 153:Saint Peter Islands 98:Saint Peter Islands 75: /  18: 17:Saint Peter Islands 542:Lyakhovsky Islands 527:Lena Delta Islands 507:Bolshoy Lyakhovsky 363:Geographical names 200:Northern Sea Route 79:76.583°N 113.000°E 685: 684: 677:Zalivnyye Islands 662:Vilkitsky Islands 642:Shelonsky Islands 149: 148: 710: 637:Severnaya Zemlya 622:Samakh Ary Dyete 462:Bolshoy Begichev 452:Belkovsky Island 424: 423: 412: 405: 398: 389: 365: 360: 354: 344: 338: 332: 220:Taymyr Peninsula 192:Krasnoyarsk Krai 170: 155:, also known as 131:Krasnoyarsk Krai 90: 89: 87: 86: 85: 80: 76: 73: 72: 71: 68: 38: 26: 19: 718: 717: 713: 712: 711: 709: 708: 707: 688: 687: 686: 681: 537:Maly Lyakhovsky 428: 418: 416: 374: 369: 368: 361: 357: 345: 341: 333: 329: 324: 312: 275: 208: 120: 84:76.583; 113.000 83: 81: 77: 74: 69: 66: 64: 62: 61: 29: 12: 11: 5: 716: 714: 706: 705: 700: 690: 689: 683: 682: 680: 679: 674: 669: 664: 659: 657:Vos'mogo Marta 654: 649: 644: 639: 634: 629: 624: 619: 614: 609: 604: 599: 594: 592:Preobrazheniya 589: 584: 579: 574: 569: 564: 559: 554: 552:Maliy Begichev 549: 544: 539: 534: 529: 524: 519: 514: 509: 504: 502:Faddey Islands 499: 494: 489: 484: 479: 474: 469: 464: 459: 454: 449: 444: 439: 433: 430: 429: 417: 415: 414: 407: 400: 392: 386: 385: 380: 373: 372:External links 370: 367: 366: 355: 339: 326: 325: 323: 320: 319: 318: 311: 308: 307: 306: 300: 294: 274: 271: 270: 269: 246: 240: 228:Bukhta Faddeya 207: 204: 147: 146: 143: 139: 138: 134: 133: 128: 122: 121: 116: 113: 112: 111:Administration 108: 107: 104: 100: 99: 96: 92: 91: 59: 55: 54: 49: 45: 44: 40: 39: 31: 30: 27: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 715: 704: 701: 699: 696: 695: 693: 678: 675: 673: 670: 668: 665: 663: 660: 658: 655: 653: 650: 648: 647:Starokadomsky 645: 643: 640: 638: 635: 633: 630: 628: 625: 623: 620: 618: 615: 613: 610: 608: 605: 603: 600: 598: 595: 593: 590: 588: 585: 583: 580: 578: 575: 573: 570: 568: 565: 563: 560: 558: 555: 553: 550: 548: 545: 543: 540: 538: 535: 533: 530: 528: 525: 523: 520: 518: 515: 513: 510: 508: 505: 503: 500: 498: 495: 493: 492:Dunay Islands 490: 488: 485: 483: 480: 478: 477:Chychas-Aryta 475: 473: 470: 468: 465: 463: 460: 458: 455: 453: 450: 448: 445: 443: 442:Anzhu Islands 440: 438: 435: 434: 431: 427: 422: 413: 408: 406: 401: 399: 394: 393: 390: 384: 381: 379: 376: 375: 371: 364: 359: 356: 352: 348: 343: 340: 336: 331: 328: 321: 317: 314: 313: 309: 304: 301: 298: 295: 292: 288: 287:Koshka Island 284: 280: 277: 276: 272: 267: 263: 259: 255: 251: 247: 244: 241: 237: 233: 232: 231: 229: 225: 221: 217: 213: 205: 203: 201: 197: 193: 188: 186: 182: 178: 174: 173:Ostrova Petra 169:Острова Петра 166: 162: 161:Petra Islands 158: 154: 144: 140: 135: 132: 129: 127: 123: 119: 114: 109: 105: 103:Total islands 101: 97: 93: 88: 60: 56: 53: 50: 46: 41: 37: 32: 25: 20: 656: 611: 606: 596: 547:Makar Island 497:Dzhyangylakh 358: 350: 347:William Barr 342: 330: 302: 296: 290: 286: 282: 278: 265: 261: 257: 253: 249: 242: 235: 209: 189: 179:vegetation, 172: 160: 156: 152: 150: 137:Demographics 117: 632:Semyonovsky 597:Psov Island 557:Maly Taymyr 512:Komsomolets 447:Arangastakh 335:GoogleEarth 303:Psov Island 283:Paul Island 262:Serpovidnyy 258:Bezymyannyy 145:uninhabited 95:Archipelago 82: / 58:Coordinates 692:Categories 437:Aerosyomki 337:- Location 322:References 222:, between 216:Laptev Sea 142:Population 52:Laptev Sea 652:Stolbovoy 627:Samolyota 587:Petrushka 487:Dallalakh 482:Daldalakh 457:Bolshevik 250:Dozhdevoy 206:Geography 43:Geography 602:Sagastyr 582:Peschany 577:Orto Ary 567:Nanosnyy 562:Muostakh 467:Brusneva 310:See also 266:Kleshnya 185:Apostles 48:Location 532:Leykina 522:Kotelny 254:Vstrech 181:shingle 165:Russian 70:113°0′E 67:76°35′N 617:Salkay 212:swales 196:Russia 177:tundra 118:Russia 667:Yarok 672:Yaya 264:and 226:and 151:The 126:Krai 159:or 694:: 349:, 260:, 256:, 252:, 239:E. 230:. 202:. 171:, 167:: 106:19 411:e 404:t 397:v 353:. 268:. 163:(

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Laptev Sea
76°35′N 113°0′E / 76.583°N 113.000°E / 76.583; 113.000
Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Russian
tundra
shingle
Apostles
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Russia
Northern Sea Route
swales
Laptev Sea
Taymyr Peninsula
Bukhta Marii Pronchishchevoy
Bukhta Faddeya
List of islands by area
GoogleEarth
William Barr
Geographical names
Russian Polar Explorations
Northern Sea Route User Conference
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Russia
Islands of the Laptev Sea (Russian Arctic)
Aerosyomki

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