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Vaygach Island is separated from the Yugorsky Peninsula in the mainland by the Yugorsky Strait and from Novaya Zemlya by the Kara Strait. The island is a part of Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Arkhangelsk Oblast , Russia .
Vaygach (Russian: Вайгач, IPA: [vɐjˈɡatɕ]) is a shallow-draught nuclear-powered icebreaker.She was built in 1989 for the Soviet Union by Wärtsilä Marine Helsinki Shipyard in Finland by order of the Murmansk Shipping Company and its KL-40 reactor was installed at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg. [4]
Icebreaker Vaygach (Russian: Вайгач) was an icebreaking steamer of moderate size built for the Russian Imperial Navy at Saint Petersburg in 1909. She was named after Vaygach Island in the Russian Arctic. Vaygach and her sister ship Taymyr were built for the purpose of thoroughly exploring the uncharted areas of the Northern Sea Route.
The Russian Arctic islands are a number of islands groups and sole islands scattered around the Arctic ... Vaygach Island, Вайгaч, Vaygach), about 3,398 km 2 ...
This means that the islands of Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya plus for example Kolguyev and Vaygach Island are considered part of Europe. Islands of Svalbard are in the same category, whereas for example islands of Greenland are considered part of North America .
It includes all islands in Russia with an area greater than 3,000 square kilometres (1,158 sq mi) and some of the more significant minor islands. Atlasov Island from space, September 1992 Kunashir Island coastline: photo taken by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in November 2010 The Shamanka Шаманка [ ru ] , a holy rock in Shamanism and ...
Varnek is a village on Vaygach Island of Zapolyarny District, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It had a population of 101 as of 2010, an increase from its population of 94 in 2002. It had a population of 101 as of 2010, an increase from its population of 94 in 2002.
Sukhoy Nos (Russian: Сухой Нос, literally 'Dry Nose'; there is another Sukhoy Nos on Vaygach Island south of Novaya Zemlya) is a cape on Severny Island, the northern island of the archipelago Novaya Zemlya, projecting westward into the Barents Sea.