Bely Island

Bely

Native name: Белый остров
Bely Island, Kara Sea
Bely Island (Russia)
Geography
Location	Kara Sea
Coordinates	73°15′N 70°50′E
Area	1,810 km2 (699 sq mi)
Country
Russia
Oblast	Tyumen Oblast
Okrug	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Bely Island (also spelled as Belyy and Beliy, Russian: Белый остров) is a relatively large island in the Kara Sea off the tip of the Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia.

Bely Island covers an area of 1,810 square kilometres (700 sq mi). It is covered by tundra, but some dwarf shrubs also grow on this island. It is separated from the mainland by the Malygina Strait, an 8 to 10 km wide sound which is frozen most of the year.

This island belongs to the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug which is the northern part of the Tyumen Oblast administrative division of Russia.

On Bely Island, close to its NW tip, there is a Russian Experiment Station (Polyarnaya Stantsiya).

Adjacent Islands

Within Bely Island's wide eastern bay there is a 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) long island called Bezymyannyy. Ostrov Tabango and Ostrov Tyubtsyango are located 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the south of Bely Island's SE corner.

References

• Location: [1]
• Vegetation on Bely Island: [2]
• Satellite Views of Russian Experiment station Polyarnaya Stantsiya Belyy: [3]

External links

• Photograph of polar station