Vilkitsky Island (East Siberian Sea) Russian Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition led by Boris Vilkitsky on the ships "Taymyr" and "Vaygach" on behalf of the Russian Hydrographic Service in order to chart the last blank areas of Russian maps. Vilkitsky Island (East Siberian Sea) Vilkitsky Island (; "Ostrov Vilkitskogo") is the southernmost island of the De Long group in the northern part of the East Siberian Sea. Administratively Vilkitsky Island belongs to the Sakha Republic administrative division of the Russian Federation. The island is named after Russian hydrographer Boris Vilkitsky. The island is outside of the limits of permanent ice and is unglaciated. At barely Vilkitsky
Vkhodnoy Island (Kara Sea) Vkhodnoy Island (Kara Sea) Vkhodnoy Island (), is a small island in the Kara Sea. It is one of the islands of the coastal area of the Nordenskiöld Archipelago. Vkhodnoy is a long island located to the west of Cape Johansen "(Mys Iogansena)", the westernmost headland of Nansen Island. It lies on the northern side of Fram Strait, the strait between Nansen island and the Siberian coast, which is about wide on average. The Ledyanyye Islands lie to the east. Geologically all these coastal islands are a continuation of the Nordenskiöld Archipelago which lies further north. The sea surrounding neighbouring