Queen Victoria Sea the Sjuøyane in Svalbard and as far east as Rudolf Island in the Franz Josef Archipelago. The islands of Kvitøya and Victoria Island are located at the southern limit of this Arctic sea. To the south lies the Barents Sea. Queen Victoria Sea The Queen Victoria Sea (, "Morye Korolevy Viktorii") is a body of water in the Arctic Ocean, stretching from northeast of Svalbard to northwest Franz Josef Land. It is obstructed by ice most of the year. This sea is named after Queen Victoria. Russian Arctic explorer Valentin Akkuratov claimed that a branch of the Gulf Stream reached
East-Prinovozemelsky field immediately fatal for the venture, as under the terms of the agreement ExxonMobil has until 2023 to begin operations in the field. The South Kara Sea hydrocarbons basin lies on the same geological trend with the Western Siberian hydrocarbon province. The East-Prinovozemelsky area covers . According to Rosneft, the estimated oil in place is and the estimated natural gas in place is . Of this of oil and of gas lies in EPNZ-1 block, of oil and of gas in EPNZ-2, and of oil and of gas in EPNZ-3. East-Prinovozemelsky field The East-Prinovozemelsky field (also referred as Vostochno-Prinovozemelskoye structure –