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![]() Location of the New Siberian Islands | |
Geography | |
Location | between the Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea |
Coordinates | 75°16′N 145°15′E / 75.267°N 145.250°E |
Archipelago | New Siberian Islands |
Area | 29,900 km2 (11,500 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 374 m (1227 ft) |
Highest point | Malakatyn Tas |
Administration | |
Federal subject | Sakha Republic |
District | Bulunsky |
Demographics | |
Population | 250 (2017) on Kotelny Island |
The New Siberian Islands (Новосиби́рские Oстрова, romanized: Novosibirskiye Ostrova; Yakut: Саҥа Сибиир Aрыылара, romanized: Saŋa Sibiir Arıılara) are an archipelago in the Extreme North of Russia, to the north of the East Siberian coast between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea north of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, of whose Bulunsky District they are administratively a part.
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