Severnaya Zemlya
Krasnoyarsk Krai is a vast, sparsely populated region in Siberia about three and a half times the size of Ukraine, comprising 13% of Russia's territory.
- Type: Island
- Description: archipelago in North Asia
- Also known as: “Archipiélago de Tierra del Norte”, “Emperor Nicholas II Land”, “Île Schmidt”, “Krasnoflotskijeøyane”, “Nikolai II maa”, “Nikolai IIs land”, “Noardlâneilannen”, “Noordlandeilanden”, “North Land”, “Northern Zemlya”, “Sedovøyane”, “Sevarnaja Zemlja”, “Severnaia Zemlia”, “Severnaïa Zemlia”, “Sèvernaia Zemlià”, “Severnaja”, “Severnaya Zemlia”, “Severnaya zemlya”, “Terra do norte”, “Terre Nicolas II”, “Zemlya Imperatora Nikolaya II”, “Земја на Императорот Николај II”, “Земја на Николај II”, “Земля Императора Николая II”, “Земля Николая II”, “Се́верная Земля́”, “หมู่เกาะเซเวียร์นายาเซมเลีย”, “세베르나야젬랴 제도”, “セーヴェルナヤ・ゼムリャ”, “セーヴェルナヤゼムリャ”, “セーベルナヤゼムリャ”, and “セヴェルナヤゼムリャ”
Severnaya Zemlya
- Categories: archipelago and landform
- Location: Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
79.5° or 79° 30′ north
Longitude
98° east
Elevation
669 metres (2,195 feet)
Open location code
CMFWG222+22
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Severnaya Zemlya” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Sewernaja Zemlja”
- Arabic: “سيفيرينيا زيمليا”
- Armenian: “Հյուսիսային երկիր”
- Asturian: “Tierra del Norte”
- Azerbaijani: “Şimal Torpağı”
- Bashkir: “Төньяҡ Ер”
- Basque: “Iparraldeko Zembla”
- Belarusian: “Паўночная Зямля”
- Bulgarian: “Северна земя”
- Catalan: “Terra del Nord”
- Cebuano: “Severnaya Zemlya”
- Chinese: “北地群岛”
- Chinese: “北地群島”
- Croatian: “Severnaja zemlja”
- Croatian: “Severnaja Zemlja”
- Croatian: “Sjeverna zemlja”
- Czech: “Severní země”
- Danish: “Severnaja Semlja”
- Danish: “Severnaja Zemlja”
- Dutch: “Noordland”
- Esperanto: “Norda Lando”
- Estonian: “Severnaja Zemlja”
- Fiji Hindi: “Severnaya Zemlya”
- Finnish: “Severnaja Zemlja”
- French: “Terre du Nord”
- Galician: “Terra do Norte”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთის მიწა”
- German: “Sewernaja Semlja”
- Greek: “Σεβέρναγια Ζεμλιά”
- Greek: “Σέβερναγια Ζεμλιά”
- Hebrew: “סברנאיה זמליה”
- Hebrew: “סברניה זמליה”
- Hindi: “सेवेर्नाया ज़ेमल्या”
- Hungarian: “Szevernaja Zemlja”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Zemlya Utara”
- Indonesian: “Severnaya Zemlya”
- Irish: “Severnaya Zemlya”
- Italian: “Severnaja Zemlja”
- Japanese: “セヴェルナヤ・ゼムリャ諸島”
- Kazakh: “Солтүстік Жер”
- Kirghiz: “Түндүк жер аралдары”
- Korean: “세베르나야제믈랴 제도”
- Latin: “Terra Borealis”
- Latvian: “Severnaja Zemļa”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Žemė”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurinė Žemė”
- Macedonian: “Северна Земја”
- Malayalam: “സെവർനയ സെംല്യ”
- Mongolian: “Хойд Газар”
- Northern Frisian: “Sewernaja Semlja”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Severnaja Semlja”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Severnaja Semlja”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Severnaja Zemlja”
- Norwegian: “Severnaja Semlja”
- Ossetian: “Цæгат Зæхх”
- Persian: “سورنایا زملیا”
- Polish: “Ziemia Północna”
- Portuguese: “Severnaya Zemlya”
- Portuguese: “Terra do Norte”
- Romanian: “Severnaia Zemlea”
- Russian: “Северная Земля”
- Serbian: “Severna Zemlja”
- Serbian: “Северна земља”
- Serbian: “Северна Земља”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Severna zemlja”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverna zemlja”
- Slovak: “Severná zem”
- Slovenian: “Severna dežela”
- Spanish: “Tierra del Norte”
- Swahili: “Severnaya Zemlya”
- Swedish: “Severnaja Zemlja”
- Tajik: “Замини Шимолӣ”
- Tamil: “செவர்னயா செம்ல்யா”
- Tatar: “Төньяк Җир”
- Thai: “เซเวียร์นายาเซมเลีย”
- Turkish: “Severnaya Zemlya”
- Ukrainian: “Північна Земля”
- Vietnamese: “Severnaya Zemlya”
- Waray (Philippines): “Severnaya Zemlya”
- Welsh: “Severnaya Zemlya”
- Western Frisian: “Noardlân”
- Wu Chinese: “北地群岛”
- Yue Chinese: “北地群島”
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