Vaygach Island

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Vaygach Island (russian: Вайга́ч) is an island in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, in the Arctic Sea on the border of the Barents Sea and Kara Sea.

Vaygach Island is separated from the Yugorsky Peninsula in the mainland by the Yugorsky Strait and from Novaya Zemlya by the Kara Strait. The island is a part of Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.
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Coordinates:   70°3'2"N   59°30'41"E

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