Severnaya Zemlya (Islands) (English spelling)

Japanese: セベルナヤ・ゼムリャ[諸島](英語表記)Severnaya Zemlya
Severnaya Zemlya (Islands) (English spelling)
An archipelago in the Arctic Ocean north of the Taymyr Peninsula in the northern part of the Russian Federation. The name means "northern land". It consists of four large islands, Komsomolets Island, Pioneer Island, Oktyabrskaya Rebolyutsia (October Revolution) Island, and Bolshevik Island, and about ten smaller islands, forming an archipelago. The total area is 37,000 km2. The Kara Sea is to the west of the Taymyr Peninsula and the islands, and the Laptev Sea to the east. Between Bolshevik Island at the southern end and Cape Chelyuskin on the Taymyr Peninsula at the northern end of the continent, the Birkitsky Strait is about 60 km wide.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ロシア連邦北部,タイミル半島北方の北極海に浮かぶ諸島。〈北の土地〉の意。北からコムソモレツ島,ピオネール島,オクチャブリスカヤ・レボリュツィア(十月革命)島,ボリシェビク島の4大島と10余りの小島からなり,多島海を形成する。総面積3万7000km2。タイミル半島と諸島の西側はカラ海,東はラプテフ海である。南端のボリシェビク島と大陸北端のタイミル半島チェリュスキン岬との間は,幅約60kmのビリキツキー海峡となる。

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