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In 2015 the Vavilov Glacier accelerated dramatically due to warming. Between 2015 and 2016 the glacier front advanced 4 km and the glacier lost 4.5 km of ice.
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The coast of the island is uneven with rugged coves and headlands. The largest bays of the island are along the northern coast. The
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separates it from Bolshevik Island to the south. Both straits connect the Kara Sea in the west with the Laptev Sea in the east.
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Meteorological Station was operated from 1974 to 1988 on the northern part of the Vavilov Ice Cap.
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The area of this island has been estimated at 14,170 km (5,470 sq mi) making it the
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glaciers, and the Bedovaya and Obryvistaya Rivers drain to the north between the Albanov and
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separates October Revolution Island from Komsomolets Island to the north and from
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reaching down into the sea. In the sections free from ice, the vegetation is
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June 2001 satellite image of October Revolution Island showing the numerous
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is located in the northern part of the island facing the Red Army Strait.
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installed in 1989, shortly after the closing of the weather station.
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Barr, William (1975). "Severnaya Zemlya: the last major discovery".
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charted the archipelago during their 1930–1932 expedition.
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deposits of the Strojnaya River, after which it was named.
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Island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic
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were also collected from October Revolution Island.
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79°30′N 97°00′E / 79.500°N 97.000°E / 79.500; 97.000
Native name

ice caps
October Revolution is located in Russia
Arctic
79°30′N 97°00′E / 79.500°N 97.000°E / 79.500; 97.000
Severnaya Zemlya
Area rank
Mount Karpinsky
Russia
Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai

Severnaya Zemlya
Russian
Arctic
October Revolution
Russian Empire
Socialist
59th largest island in the world
Mount Karpinsky
glaciers
desert
tundra
ice caps
Rusanov
Karpinsky
University
Vavilov

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