Novaya Zemlya

American

[noh-vuh-yuh zem-lee-ah, naw-vuh-yuh zyim-lyah] / ˈnoʊ və yə ˌzɛm liˈɑ, ˈnɔ və yə zyɪmˈlyɑ /

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 British

/ 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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Novaya Zemlya is now waiting for some experts to arrive.

From NewsForKids.net • May 3, 2024

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu visited Russia's testing ground in the remote northern archipelago of Novaya Zemlya in August.

From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2023

The images showed construction work on Novaya Zemlya, an island archipelago in the northern Barents Sea.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023

They predicted that the displacement of groundwater alone causes a shift in the North Pole of 4.36 centimetres per year, roughly in the direction of Russia’s Novaya Zemlya islands.

From Scientific American • Jun. 21, 2023

There was at first no special name for the gulf between the Taimur peninsula and Novaya Zemlya.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882

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