Anzhu Islands

Island group in Far Eastern Federal District, Russia

Anzhu Islands

* Oстрова Анжу (Russian)
* Анжу арыыларa (Yakut)

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Coordinates: 75°28′30″N 143°2′30″E﻿ / ﻿75.47500°N 143.04167°E﻿ / 75.47500; 143.04167
Country|  Russia
Federal subject| Far Eastern Federal District
Republic| Yakutia
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The Anzhu Islands or Anjou Islands (Russian: Oстрова Анжу, romanized: Ostrova Anzhu; Yakut: Анжу арыыларa, romanized: Anju arıılara) are an archipelago and geographical subgroup of the New Siberian Islands archipelago. They are located between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea in the Russian Arctic Ocean.

## Etymology[edit]

The Anzhu Islands are named after Russian explorer Pyotr Anjou, a Russian-born descendant of Protestant refugees from the French province of Anjou.

## Geography[edit]

The total area of the islands is approx. 29,000 km2.

This island group is a practically uninhabited territory. It belongs administratively to Yakutia, Russian Federation.

### Main islands[edit]

The main islands of the Anzhu Islands archipelago are, from west to east:

* Belkovsky Island.
* Kotelny Island
* Bunge Land
* Faddeyevsky Peninsula
* New Siberia

## References[edit]

* Location of the Anzhu Islands Archived 2008-01-09 at the Wayback Machine

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Anzhu Islands at Wikimedia Commons

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Islands of the Laptev Sea (Russian Arctic)

* Aerosyomki
* Anzhu Islands
* Arangastakh
* Belkovsky Island
* Bolshevik
* Bolshoy Begichev
* Brusneva
* Bulgunnyakhtakh-Belkey
* Chychas-Aryta
* Daldalakh
* Dallalakh
* Dunay Islands
* Dzhyangylakh
* Faddey Islands
* Bolshoy Lyakhovsky
* Komsomolets
* Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands
* Kotelny
* Lena Delta Islands
* Leykina
* Maly Lyakhovsky
* Lyakhovsky Islands
* Makar Island
* Maliy Begichev
* Maly Taymyr
* Muostakh
* Nanosnyy
* New Siberian Islands
* Orto Ary
* Peschany
* Petrushka
* Preobrazheniya
* Psov Island
* Sagastyr
* Saint Andrew Island
* Saint Peter Islands
* Salkay
* Samakh Ary Dyete
* Samolyota
* Semyonovsky
* Severnaya Zemlya
* Shelonsky Islands
* Starokadomsky
* Stolbovoy
* Vos'mogo Marta
* Vilkitsky Islands
* Yarok
* Yaya
* Zalivnyye Islands

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Islands of the East Siberian Sea (Russian Arctic)

* Anzhu Islands
* Ayon Island
* Bennett Island
* Bolshoy Fedorovskiy
* Chengkuul
* De Long Islands
* Glavsevmorput Island
* Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island
* Henrietta Island
* Jeannette Island
* Kolesovsky Island
* Kolesovskaya Otmel
* Kotelny
* Krestovyy Island
* Maly Lyakhovsky Island
* Medvezhyi Islands
* Mikhalkino
* New Siberian Islands
* Novaya Sibir
* Ploskiy
* Routan Islands
* Ryyanranot
* Shalaurova
* Sukhornyy
* Uparovskiy
* Usun Ary
* Vilkitsky
* Vkhodnoy
* Wrangel Island
* Zhokhov Island

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