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Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii



         



October Revolution Island (Russian: Октябрьской Революции остров Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii ostrov ) is the largest island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic.

The area of this island has been estimated at 14,170 km² and it rises to a height of 965 m on Mount Karpinski. Half the island is covered with glaciers reaching down into the sea. In the sections free from ice, the vegetation is desert or tundra. The island was first explored and named by the expedition of G. A. Ushakov and N. N. Urvantsev in 1930 - 32.





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