Location of the Sergei Kirov Islands in the Kara Sea.

The Kirov Islands or Sergey Kirov Islands (Russian: Oстрова Кирова, Ostrova Kirova or Aрхипелаг Сергея Кирова, Archipelag Sergeya Kirova), also known as Kerova Islands, is an archipelago of small islands covered with tundra vegetation. It is located in the Kara Sea, about 140 Km from the coast of Siberia, its latitude is 77° 36' N and its longitude 91° 55' E. The Kara Sea ( Russian: Ка́рское мо́ре is part of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia. Siberia (Сиби́рь Sibir) is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of Northern Asia and for the most part currently serving

This archipelago, as well as its northermost island (Kirova) is named after Stalin's politburo member Sergey Kirov. Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party Sergei Mironovich Kirov (Серге́й Миро́нович Ки́ров ( &ndash December 1, 1934) was a prominent early Bolshevik leader whose assassination Its largest island is Isachenko, with a surface of 168 square Km. This island is named after Russian microbiologist and botanist Boris Isachenko. There is an Experiment station (Polyarnaya Stantsiya) on Isachenko Island.

The sea surrounding the Kirov Islands is covered with pack ice with some polynias in the winter and there are many ice floes even in the summer. A polynya (common US spelling or polynia (common UK spelling ( is an area of open water surrounded by Sea ice.

This island group belongs to the Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of the Russian Federation. Krasnoyarsk Krai (Красноя́рский край Krasnoyarsky kray; not to be confused with Krasnodar Krai) is a federal subject of Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending They are also part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia. The Great Arctic State Nature Reserve (Russian Большой Арктический государственный природный заповедник) is a nature

This group is not to be confused with the other Kirov Islands (Russian: Kirovskiye Ostrova), which are located in the Baltic area near St. Petersburg. The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River

References

• Location

• Nature Reserve

See also

• Kara Sea

Coordinates: 77°36′N 91°55′E / 77.6, 91.917