Cape Zhelaniya (76°57′N) — northernmost point of Novaya Zemlya. Historic landmark of all great Arctic expeditions. Special activation for the 25th anniversary of RTRS with callsign RT25AA.
Sea
Barents
IOTA
EU-035
Latitude
76°57′ N
Status
Nature Reserve
01
Chaiciy Islands
Barents Sea · 1st activation
RI1PC
IOTA EU-160Rare position
Remote island group in the Barents Sea — one of the rarest European IOTA positions. First expedition activation after departing Arkhangelsk.
Sea
Barents
IOTA
EU-160
Callsign
RI1PC
Order
1st of 4
02
Vize Island
Kara Sea · 79°30′ N · 2nd
RI0BW
IOTA AS-055Rare position
Low island 288 km² in the northern Kara Sea. Arctic desert. Former polar station since 1945. First Kara Sea activation after rounding Novaya Zemlya.
Sea
Kara
IOTA
AS-055
Latitude
79°30′ N
Area
288 км²
03
Uyedineniya Island
Kara Sea · centre · 3rd
RI0BU
IOTA AS-057Rare position
Completely uninhabited island in the central Kara Sea. Part of the Great Arctic Nature Reserve. Discovered by Norwegian Johansen in 1878, three times «lost» on maps.
Sea
Kara
IOTA
AS-057
Discovered
1878 г.
Status
Nature Reserve
04
Isachenko Island
Kara Sea · Sergey Kirov · 4th
RI0BI
IOTA AS-050New activation
Largest island of the Sergey Kirov group, 152 km from the mainland. Final activation before the transit through Yenisei Bay to Dudinka.