It is named after the October Revolution which overthrew the Russian Empire and created the communist Soviet Union in its place.

October Revolution Island houses five domed ice caps; clockwise from north, they are named: Rusanov, Karpinsky, University, Vavilov and Albanov.

[3] The Karpinsky ice cap reaches a maximum height of 963 m and it is also the highest point in Severnaya Zemlya.

[7] Cape October is located in the northern part of the island facing the Red Army Strait.

Loganellia grossi, Paralogania consimilis, Thelodus calvus and Shielia multispinata were found in the younger Wenlock deposits of the Silurian.