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Severnaya Zemlya

[sev-er-nuh-yah zem-lee-ah, syi-vyir-nuh-yah zim-lyah]

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

/ 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.

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

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