Stolbovoy Island

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Stolbowoi (Russian Столбовой остров ) is a 170 km ² to the Liakhov Islands ( southern part of the New Siberian Islands) belongs, Russian island in the Arctic Laptev Sea.

The highest elevation on the uninhabited island, 46.7 kilometers long and in southwest-northeast direction is 10.3 km wide in a northwest-southeast direction, is located at 222 m in the southeast part. Its surface consists mostly of granite, the vegetation is similar to that of the tundra.

The island was discovered in 1800 by Russian explorers, traders, and cartographers Yakov Sannikov and mapped in 1821 by Pyotr Anschu.

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Map of the New Siberian Islands

Map of Stolbowoi

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