Lyakhovsky Islands

Lyakhovsky Islands
Aqua MODIS satellite image of the Lyakhovsky Islands
Geography
LocationLaptev Sea
Coordinates74°39′36″N 141°59′14″E / 74.66000°N 141.98722°E / 74.66000; 141.98722
ArchipelagoLyakhovsky Islands
Total islands6
Administration
Russia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

The Lyakhovsky Islands (Russian: Ляховские острова, romanized: Lyakhovskiye ostrova; Yakut: Ляхов арыылара) are the southernmost group of the New Siberian Islands in the Arctic seas of eastern Russia. The islands are named in honour of Ivan Lyakhov, who explored them in 1773.