Medvezhyi Islands
The Medvezhyi Islands, or Bear Islands is an uninhabited group of islands at the western end of the Kolyma Gulf of the East Siberian Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: archipelago in East Siberian Sea, Russia
- Also known as: “Bear Islands” and “Medvezhy Islands”
Medvezhyi Islands
- Categories: archipelago and landform
- Location: Yakutia, Russian Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Yakut—“Medvezhyi Islands” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Medvejı adaları”
- Azerbaijani: “Medvejıy adaları”
- Belarusian: “Мядзведжыя астравы”
- Belarusian: “Мядзвежыя астравы”
- Bulgarian: “Мечи острови”
- Catalan: “Illes Medveji”
- Catalan: “Illes Medvezhi”
- Cebuano: “Medvezh’i Ostrova”
- Cebuano: “Medvyezh Islands”
- Cebuano: “Medvyezhi Islands”
- Cebuano: “Медвежьи Острова”
- Chinese: “熊岛群岛”
- Chinese: “熊島群島”
- Czech: “Medvědí ostrovy”
- Dutch: “Bereneilanden”
- French: “Archipel des Medvéji”
- French: “îles Medveji”
- French: “Îles Medveji”
- German: “Bären-Inseln”
- German: “Bäreninseln”
- German: “Medweschji-Inseln”
- Greek: “Νήσοι Μεντβέζι”
- Hebrew: “איי הדובים”
- Italian: “Isole Medvež’i”
- Japanese: “メドヴェージー諸島”
- Japanese: “メドヴェジイ諸島”
- Latvian: “Medvežju salas”
- Lithuanian: “Lokių salos”
- Macedonian: “Мечкини Острови”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Medvezjiøyene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Medvezjiøyane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Medvjezhiøyane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Medvjezji ostrova”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Медвежьи острова”
- Norwegian: “Medvezjiøyene”
- Persian: “جزایر مدوژی”
- Polish: “Wyspy Niedźwiedzie”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Medvyezhi”
- Russian: “Медвежьи острова”
- Russian: “Медвежьи Острова”
- Slovak: “Medvedie ostrovy”
- Spanish: “Islas Medvezhi”
- Spanish: “Islas Medvyezhi”
- Swedish: “Björnöarna”
- Swedish: “Medvezhiöarna”
- Swedish: “Medvezjiöarna”
- Turkish: “Medveji Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Ведмежі острови”
- Ukrainian: “Ведмежі”
- Western Frisian: “Beare-eilannen”
- Western Frisian: “Beareneilannen”
- Yakut: “Эhэлээх арыылар”
- Yakut: “Эһэлээх арыылар”
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