Voronina Island

These islands are located in the northeastern regions of the Kara Sea, about 130 km west of Severnaya Zemlya's shores and 72 km NNE of Kirova Island of the Kirov group.

The climate is so severe that there are years where at Voronina Island's latitude the surrounding waters of the Kara Sea don't melt and remain frozen solid through the summer.

[1] This island group belongs to the Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of the Russian Federation.

Voronina is also a breeding ground for polar bears and a wildlife refuge part of the Great Arctic State Nature Reserve, the largest nature reserve of the Russian Arctic.

The Voronina Islands have been named after Soviet Navy Captain Vladimir Voronin.