Severnaya Zemlya

[ sev-er-nuh-yah zem-lee-ah; Russian syi-vyir-nuh-yah zim-lyah ]

noun

1. an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, between the Kara Sea and Laptev Sea, in N Russia. 14,175 sq. mi. (36,712 sq. km).

Severnaya Zemlya

/ ˈsjevɪrnəjə zɪmˈlja /

noun

1. an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of N central Russia

Example Sentences

The Vavilov Ice Cap, nestled in Russia's Severnaya Zemlya archipelago, suddenly started to surge forward in 2013.

From Scientific American

It will be relocated to Bolshevik Island in the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago.

From BBC