Henrietta Island (Sakha: Хенриетта арыыта, Xenriyetta Aryyta, Russian: Остров Генриетты, Ostrov Genriyetty) is the northernmost island of the De Long archipelago in the East Siberian Sea. 40% of the island is covered with glaciers. Henrietta is roughly circular in shape and its diameter is about 6 km. The closest land is Jeannette Island, located to the ESE.
Cape Melville (Mys Mel'villya), Henrietta's northernmost landhead, is the northernmost point of the De Long Islands, a well as the northernmost land thousands of miles east and west.
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