Novaya Zemlya

[ noh-vuh-yuh zem-lee-ah; Russian naw-vuh-yuh zyim-lyah ]

noun

1. two large islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to the Russian Federation. 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).

Novaya Zemlya

/ ˈnɔvəjə zɪmˈlja /

noun

1. an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, off the NE coast of Russia: consists of two large islands and many islets. Area: about 81 279 sq km (31 382 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Belushya Guba is a small town on one of the two main islands of Novaya Zemlya, in the far north of Russia.

From NewsForKids.net

The images showed construction work on Novaya Zemlya, an island archipelago in the northern Barents Sea.

From BBC

Russia has reportedly used the Arctic Novaya Zemlya archipelago where the Soviet Union last tested a nuclear weapon to build facilities for testing the Burevestnik.

From Seattle Times

They predicted that the displacement of groundwater alone causes a shift in the North Pole of 4.36 centimetres per year, roughly in the direction of Russia’s Novaya Zemlya islands.

From Scientific American

But Köner believes that “Novaya Zemlya” — their 2012 album inspired in part by the glaciers of the Arctic archipelago of the same name — may be their final ice work.

From New York Times