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Severnaya Zemlya

American  
[sev-er-nuh-yah zem-lee-ah, syi-vyir-nuh-yah zim-lyah] / ˌsɛv ər nəˈyɑ ˌzɛm liˈɑ, syɪ vyɪr nʌˈyɑ zɪmˈlyɑ /

noun

  1. an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, between the Kara Sea and Laptev Sea, in N Russia. 14,175 sq. mi. (36,712 sq. km).

Severnaya Zemlya British  
/ ˈsjevɪrnəjə zɪmˈlja /

noun

  1. an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of N central Russia

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The Vavilov Ice Cap, nestled in Russia's Severnaya Zemlya archipelago, suddenly started to surge forward in 2013.

From Scientific American

It will be relocated to Bolshevik Island in the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago.

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