Kara Sea

About Kara Sea:

• It is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located to the north of Siberia, Russia.
• It covers an area of 880,000 sq.km.
• It has been named after the Kara River.
• It is situated between the Franz Josef Land, the Novaya Zemlya islands, and the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago.
• The Kara Strait and the Novaya Zemlya archipelago separate the Kara Sea from the Barents Sea in the west.
• In the east, the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago separates the Kara Sea from the Laptev Sea.
• In the north, the Kara Sea is also connected with the Arctic Basin.
• It is regarded as one of the world’s coldest seas and remains covered with ice from September to May.
• Different rivers, including the Kara, Ob, Pyasina and Yenisei drain into the Kara Sea.
• The significant islands that are found here include Bely, Dikson, Kamennyye, Oleni and Taymyr.
• The Nordenskiold Archipelago, which is composed of more than 90 islands and five large island subgroups, is the largest island group in the Kara Sea.