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 | | It separates the Barents Sea on the W. from the Kara Sea on the E. With Vaygach Island, between it and the mainland, Novaya Zemlya forms a continuation of the Pae-Khoy hills. |
 | | On the W. coast of the N. island are Krestovaya, Mashigin and Nordenskjld bays, and to the N. are several groups of islandsGorbovyi, Pankratiev, the Gulf Stream Islands and the Orange Islands. |
 | | Transverse chains are thrown off from the main chain, and are separated by deep narrow valleys, some of which are watered by streams of considerable size, which, at the spring thaw, bring down a remarkable bulk of detritus. |
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