Lyakhovsky Islands - in Popular Culture

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Part of the action of two novels by Jules Verne, Waif of the Cynthia (1885) and César Cascabel (1890), takes place there. In the latter, the term "Liakhov Islands" refers to the New Siberian group as a whole, as the principal action is on Kotelny Island.

Islands of the Laptev Sea (Russian Arctic)
  • Aerosyemki
  • Anzhu Islands
  • Arangastakh
  • Belkovsky Island
  • Bolshevik
  • Bolshoy Begichev
  • Brusneva
  • Bulgunnyakhtakh-Belkey
  • Chychas-Aryta
  • Daldalakh
  • Dallalakh
  • Dunay Islands
  • Dzhyangylakh
  • Faddey Islands
  • Bolshoy Lyakhovsky
  • Komsomolets
  • Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands
  • Kotelny
  • Lena Delta Islands
  • Leykina
  • Maly Lyakhovsky
  • Lyakhovsky Islands
  • Makar Island
  • Maliy Begichev
  • Maly Taymyr
  • Muostakh
  • Nanosnyy
  • New Siberian Islands
  • Orto Ary
  • Peschany
  • Petrushka
  • Preobrazheniya
  • Psov Island
  • Sagastyr
  • Saint Andrew Island
  • Saint Peter Islands
  • Salkay
  • Samakh Ary Dyete
  • Samolyota
  • Semyonovsky
  • Severnaya Zemlya
  • Shelonsky Islands
  • Starokadomsky
  • Stolbovoy
  • Vos'mogo Marta
  • Vilkitsky Islands
  • Yarok
  • Zalivnyye Islands


Coordinates: 74°39′36″N 141°59′14″E / 74.66°N 141.98722°E / 74.66; 141.98722

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