Severnaya Zemlya

Se·ver·na·ya Zem·lya

[sev-er-nuh-yah zem-lee-ah; Russian syi-vyir-nuh-yah zim-lyah]
noun
an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, between the Kara Sea and Laptev Sea, in N Russia. 14,175 sq. mi. (36,712 sq. km).
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Severnaya Zemlya (Russian ˈsjevɪrnəjə zɪmˈlja) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of N central Russia

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severnaya zemlya

archipelago, Krasnoyarsk kray (region), northern Russia. It lies in the Arctic Ocean between the Kara Sea (west) and Laptev Sea (east). Severnaya Zemlya lies immediately north of Cape Chelyuskin, the most northerly point in Siberia, from which it is separated by Vilkitsky Strait

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