Novaya Zemlya

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Novaya Zemlya is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean in the north of Russia and the extreme northeast of Europe. The archipelago is administered by Arkhangelsk Oblast as Novaya Zemlya Island Territory. Its population is 2,716 (2002 census), of which 2,622 reside in Belushya Guba, an urban-type settlement that is the administrative center of Novaya Zemlya District.

Novaya Zemlya consists of two major islands, separated by the narrow Matochkin Strait, and a number of smaller ones. The two main islands are Severny (northern) and Yuzhny (southern). Novaya Zemlya separates the Barents Sea from the Kara Sea. The total area is about 90,650 km².

As Novaya Zemlya was a sensitive military area during the Cold War years, the Russian Air Force maintained a presence at Rogachevo air base on the southern part of the island. It was used primarily for interceptor aircraft operations but also provided logistical support for the nearby nuclear test area,in 1961 Soviets tested on Novaya Zemlya the most powerful nuclear bomb "Tsar".
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novaya_Zemlya
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Coordinates:   73°44'4"N   60°13'42"E

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  • 24 June 2008 - Deputy secretary for disastercontrol announced that the global warming is a threat to the nuclear waste storage on the island. The softening of the permafrost soils endangers the entire russian north.
  • we must face it...Russia has either very bad when it comes to handleing radioactive material..or dos not care how it handles it...it's one or the other this and Chernoble
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