Shelonsky Islands
The Shelonsky group and adjacent islands
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| Location | Laptev Sea |
| Coordinates | 71°40′30″N 138°26′24″E / 71.675°N 138.440°ECoordinates: 71°40′30″N 138°26′24″E / 71.675°N 138.440°E |
| Archipelago | Shelonsky Islands |
| Total islands | 12 |
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| Republic | Sakha |
The Shelonsky Islands (Russian: Шелонские острова, Shelonskiye Ostrova) is an island group in the Laptev Sea. It is located in the coastal lowlands of the Yana Bay, east of the mouths of the Yana river.
Administratively the Shelonsky group belongs to the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation.
The Shelonsky Islands are marshy and flat. The Yana delta, the coastal area off which these islands lie, is an extensive wetland zone. It is subject to severe Arctic weather with frequent gales and blizzards. Further north, the sea in the Yana Bay is frozen with thick ice for about eight months yearly, so that these coastal islands are merged with the mainland most of the year.
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