Anzhu Islands

Location of the Anzhu Islands.

Map of the New Siberian Islands.

The Anzhu Islands or Anjou Islands (Russian: острова Анжу, Sakha: Анжу арыылара) are a geographical subgroup of the New Siberian Islands archipelago. They are located between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea in the Russian Arctic. The total area of the islands is approx. 29,000 km².

The main islands of the Anzhu subgroup are (from west to east):

• Belkovsky Island.
• The whole formed by Kotelny, Bunge Land and Faddeyevsky.
• New Siberia.

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

This island group is a practically uninhabited territory. It belongs administratively to the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation.

References

• Locations

v t e Islands of the Laptev Sea (Russian Arctic) Aerosyemki 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 Zalivnyye Islands

v t e 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

Coordinates: 75°28′30″N 143°02′31″E / 75.475°N 143.04194°E / 75.475; 143.04194

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