Hovgaard Island (Kara Sea)

Hovgaard Island (Russian: остров Ховгарда, ostrov Khovgarda) is an island of the Nordenskiöld Archipelago in the Kara Sea, off the coast of Siberia.

This article is about the island in Russia. For the island in Greenland, see Hovgaard Island (Greenland). For the island in Antarctica, see Hovgaard Island. For the Canadian Arctic island group, see Hovgaard Islands.
Hovgaard Island
Ostrov Khovgarda
Native name:
остров Ховгарда
Hovgaard Island
Location in the Nordenskjold Archipelago
Geography
LocationKara Sea
Coordinates76°21′50″N 95°5′36″E
ArchipelagoNordenskiöld Archipelago
Length3 km (1.9 mi)
Width0.9 km (0.56 mi)
Highest elevation13 m (43 ft)
Administration
Russia
Federal subjectKrasnoyarsk Krai
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Administratively this island belongs to the Krasnoyarsk Krai Federal subject of Russia and is part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of Russia.

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