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Kirov Islands

Russia

The Kirov Islands or Sergey Kirov Islands (Russian: , Ostrova Kirova or A , Archipelag Sergeya Kirova) is an island group in the Kara Sea, Russian Federation. It is an archipelago of small islands covered with tundra vegetation located about 140 km (87 mi) from the coast of Siberia and 100 km (62 mi) northwest of the Nordenskiöld Archipelago. The Islands were discovered by the Georgiy Sedov icebreaker ship in 1930 during an expedition led by Otto Yulievich Schmidt and Vladimir Yulievich Wiese.

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