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Novaya Zemlya
[ noh-vuh-yuh zem-lee-ah; Russian naw-vuh-yuh zyim-lyah ]
noun
- two large islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to the Russian Federation. 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).
Novaya Zemlya
/ ˈnɔvəjə zɪmˈlja /
noun
- an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, off the NE coast of Russia: consists of two large islands and many islets. Area: about 81 279 sq km (31 382 sq miles)
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The boats then crossed open water to Novaya Zemlya, and at the end of three months from leaving the ship sighted a Russian vessel.
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On Novaya Zemlya, on the other hand, it occurs in larger numbers.
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Pet was thus at Gooseland, on the west coast of Novaya Zemlya.
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He now did all he could to pass the north extremity of Novaya Zemlya.
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Shackelton, in Novaya Zemlya, with a prismatic camera obtained a photograph of the reversing-layer at the beginning of totality.
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