Kotelny Island

Kotelny
Location of Kotelny Island in the Russian Federation
Kotelny is located in Sakha Republic
Kotelny
Kotelny
Geography
LocationEast Siberian Sea
Coordinates75°20′N 141°00′E / 75.333°N 141.000°E / 75.333; 141.000
ArchipelagoNew Siberian Islands
Total islands7
Major islands3
Area23,165 km2 (8,944 sq mi)
Highest elevation361 m (1184 ft)
Highest pointMalakatyn-Tas
Administration
Russia
RepublicYakutia
Demographics
Population2 (2017)
Pop. density0.000086/km2 (0.000223/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsNone

Kotelny Island (Russian: Остров Котельный, romanized: Ostrov Kotelny; Yakut: Олгуйдаах Aрыы, romanized: Olguydaax Arııta) is part of the Anzhu Islands subgroup of the New Siberian Islands located between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea in the Russian Arctic. It is administratively and municipally part of Bulunsky District of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

Kotelny, Faddeyevsky and Bunge Land are usually named as separate islands on most 20th century maps, although sometimes on the newest maps the name "Kotelny" is applied to the whole island. A flat, low-lying, plain connecting both is known as Bunge Land (Russian: Земля Бунге).

The total area of Kotelny Island is 23,165 km2.[1] Kotelny is one of the 50 largest islands in the world.[2]

  1. ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  2. ^ Kropotkin, Peter (1911). "New Siberia Archipelago" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 536–537.