Faddey Islands

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The Faddey Islands (Russian: Oстровa Фаддея; Ostrova Faddeya) is a group of islands covered with tundra vegetation, shingle and ice. It is located in the Laptev Sea coastal region, off Faddey Bay (залив Фаддея) in the coast of Siberia, east of the Taymyr Peninsula. The Main islands are:
Ostrov Faddeyya-Severnyy, latitude 76° 59' N and longitude 108° 02’ E.
Ostrov Faddeyya-Vostochnyy, latitude 76° 58' N and longitude 108° 07’ E.
Ostrov Faddeyya-Yuzhnyy, latitude 76° 53' N and longitude 107° 58’ E.
Ostrov Kapitanskiy, a smaller island, located off the main cluster and closer to the shore, latitude 76° 56' N and longitude 107° 27’ E.
The sea around these Islands is covered with fast ice in the winter and the climate is severe. The surrounding sea is obstructed by pack ice even in the summer.
The Faddey Islands were named after Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, which is "Faddey Faddeyevich Bellinsgauzen" in Russian.
This island group belongs to the Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of Russia.