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| | New Siberian Islands - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | The northern group, the New Siberian or Anjou islands (c.8,200 sq mi/21,200 sq km) includes the Kotelny, Faddeyevsky, Novaya Sibir, and other smaller islands; the southern group consists of the Lyakhov Islands (c.2,700 sq mi/7,000 sq km). |
 | | The De Long Islands, NE of Novaya Sibir, are also part of the archipelago. |
 | | The islands are almost always covered by snow and ice and have a very scant tundra; ice dating from the Pleistocene Ice Age and intermingled with sediment is found there. |
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