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Kolguyev Island
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Key facts
- Location
- Arctic Sea
- Coordinates
- 69°05′N 49°15′E / 69.083°N 49.250°E / 69.083; 49.250
- Area
- 3,497 km (1,350 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 166 m (545 ft)
- Highest point
- Gora Paarkov-Sarlopy
- Oblast
- Arkhangelsk Oblast
- Okrug
- Nenets Autonomous Okrug
- Largest settlement
- Bugrino (pop. 210)
- Population
- 413 (2021)
- Ethnic groups
- Nenets , Russians , Komi
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Encyclopedic overview
Kolguyev Island (Russian: о́стров Колгу́ев) is an island in Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Russia, located in the south-eastern Barents Sea (west of the Pechora Sea) to the north-east of the Kanin Peninsula.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kolguyev Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.