Novaya Zemlya

[ noh-vuh-yuh zem-lee-ah; Russian naw-vuh-yuh zyim-lyah ]

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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 /

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)

The boats then crossed open water to Novaya Zemlya, and at the end of three months from leaving the ship sighted a Russian vessel.

On Novaya Zemlya, on the other hand, it occurs in larger numbers.

Pet was thus at Gooseland, on the west coast of Novaya Zemlya.

He now did all he could to pass the north extremity of Novaya Zemlya.

Shackelton, in Novaya Zemlya, with a prismatic camera obtained a photograph of the reversing-layer at the beginning of totality.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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