Novaya Zemlya

American  

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

noun

1. two large islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to the Russian Federation. 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).

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Novaya Zemlya British  

/ ˈnɔvəjə zɪmˈlja /

noun

1. 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

On Saturday, the government in Novaya Zemlya called an emergency.

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

In 1888 he was shipwrecked off Novaya Zemlya in the sloop Enigheden, from Christiansund.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Fridtjof Nansen

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