Bely Island
Bely Island is a relatively large island in the Kara Sea off the tip of the Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia. Close to the island's northwest tip, there is the Russian Experiment Station Popov Station.
Geography
Bely Island covers an area of. It is covered by tundra, but some lichens, grasses, and dwarf willow shrubs grow during the warmer seasons. It is separated from the mainland by the Malygina Strait, an 8-to-10-km-wide sound which is frozen most of the year. The land is rather flat, going only 12m above sea level, and the island is dotted by small lakes and ponds. Since it is in the Arctic Circle, winters are long and frigid, the average annual temperature is a mere. In February, temperatures average reaching a record low of. The summers are characterized by fog, with an average temperature of. The area is subject to polar lows and general cyclonic activity.This island belongs to the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, which is the northern part of the Tyumen Oblast administrative division of Russia.