Hovgaard Island (Kara Sea)

Hovgaard Island
Ostrov Khovgarda
Native name:
остров Ховгарда
Hovgaard Island is located in Nordenskiöld Archipelago
Hovgaard Island
Hovgaard Island
Location in the Nordenskjold Archipelago
Geography
LocationKara Sea
Coordinates76°21′50″N 95°5′36″E / 76.36389°N 95.09333°E / 76.36389; 95.09333
ArchipelagoNordenskiöld Archipelago
Length3 km (1.9 mi)
Width0.9 km (0.56 mi)
Highest elevation13 m (43 ft)
Administration
Federal subjectKrasnoyarsk Krai
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Hovgaard Island (Russian: остров Ховгарда, ostrov Khovgarda) is an island of the Nordenskiöld Archipelago in the Kara Sea, off the coast of Siberia.[1]

Administratively this island belongs to the Krasnoyarsk Krai Federal subject of Russia and is part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia.[2]

  1. ^ "Ostrov Khovgarda". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  2. ^ Nature Reserve Archived October 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine