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Komsomolets Island

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Komsomolets Island is the northernmost island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic, and the third largest island in the group. It is the 82nd largest island on earth. About 65% of the island is covered with glaciers, including Russia's largest, the Academy of Sciences Glacier.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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