The islands lie off the coast of Siberia, west of the mouths of river Pyasina. They are covered with tundra vegetation.
The sea surrounding the Kamennye Islands is covered with pack ice with some polynias in the winter and there are many ice floes even in the summer, so that they are connected with the Siberian mainland during the long winters. The climate is severe and summers last only about two months.
Morzhovo Island, with a diameter of only 4 km (2.5 mi), is the closest to land. It is only about 11 km (6.8 mi) from the Siberian coastline.
Rastorguyev Island. It is long and narrow, and about 15 km (9.3 mi) in length. It is occasionally confused with Kolchak Island (which is located further east in the Kara Sea along the coast south of the Nordenskiold Archipelago, and until 2005, used to also be known as Rastorguyev Island).
Vostochny Island, is the largest in the group; 17 km (11 mi) in length and 9 km (5.6 mi) wide.
Zapadny Kamenny Island, roughly circular in shape; 8.5 km (5.3 mi) in diameter.
These islands were explored by Russian geologist Baron Eduard Von Toll[2] during an expedition on behalf of the Imperial Russian Academy of Sciences.[3]
kamennye, islands, this, article, about, islands, kara, island, saint, petersburg, kamenny, island, island, kubensky, lake, kamenny, monastery, kammenny, islands, russian, Каменные, Острова, kamennye, ostrova, group, islands, kara, russian, federation, russian. This article is about the islands in the Kara Sea For the island in Saint Petersburg see Kamenny Island For Island in Kubensky Lake see Kamenny Monastery The Kamennye Islands or Kammenny Islands Russian Kamennye Ostrova Kamennye Ostrova is a group of islands in the Kara Sea Russian Federation Kamennye IslandsRussian Kamennye OstrovaLocation of the island group in the Kara SeaGeographyLocationKara SeaCoordinates74 07 N 82 48 E 74 117 N 82 800 E 74 117 82 800 Coordinates 74 07 N 82 48 E 74 117 N 82 800 E 74 117 82 800Total islands6Major islandsVostochny Zapadny Kamenny RastorguyevAdministrationRussiaDemographicsPopulation0 Contents 1 Geography 1 1 Islands 2 History 3 See also 4 ReferencesGeography EditThe islands lie off the coast of Siberia west of the mouths of river Pyasina They are covered with tundra vegetation The sea surrounding the Kamennye Islands is covered with pack ice with some polynias in the winter and there are many ice floes even in the summer so that they are connected with the Siberian mainland during the long winters The climate is severe and summers last only about two months This island group belongs to the Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of the Russian Federation Islands Edit The main islands are from East to West 1 Morzhovo Island with a diameter of only 4 km 2 5 mi is the closest to land It is only about 11 km 6 8 mi from the Siberian coastline Rastorguyev Island It is long and narrow and about 15 km 9 3 mi in length It is occasionally confused with Kolchak Island which is located further east in the Kara Sea along the coast south of the Nordenskiold Archipelago and until 2005 used to also be known as Rastorguyev Island Vostochny Island is the largest in the group 17 km 11 mi in length and 9 km 5 6 mi wide Zapadny Kamenny Island roughly circular in shape 8 5 km 5 3 mi in diameter Further information Kurochkin StraitHistory EditThese islands were explored by Russian geologist Baron Eduard Von Toll 2 during an expedition on behalf of the Imperial Russian Academy of Sciences 3 They island group is included in the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve of the Russian Arctic See also EditList of islands of RussiaReferences Edit Ostrova Kamennyye Mapcarta Retrieved 16 September 2016 History Russian Arctic Exploration This Krasnoyarsk Krai location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kamennye Islands amp oldid 1135973536, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
