RussiaSevernaya ZemlyaIsland
October Revolution Island
14,204 km² rising to 965 m out of the Kara Sea.
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
14,204km²
Area
811km
Coastline
measured on a simplified outline
965m
Highest point
0
People
0°C
Warmest sea
August
141km
To the mainland
When to go to October Revolution Island
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in August (0 °C) and coolest in January (-2 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia
October Revolution Island is an island in Russia. It belongs to Severnaya Zemlya. It covers 14,204 km², with 811 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 965 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 141 km away.
Getting there
- 141 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on October Revolution Island.
- 1named peaksMount Karpinsky
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
October Revolution Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside October Revolution Island, each with its own numbers.
9mountainsPeakyas
2lakesLakeyas
Largest lake
9.4km²
Izmenchivoe
according to Lakeyas
9 mountains
on Peakyas, the mountain atlas
- Gora Otvazhnykh Polyarnits
- Gora Utyug
- Gora Serp i Molot
- Gora Vstrechnaya
- Gora Surovaya
- Gora Byk
- Gora Primetnaya
- Gora Nepristupnaya
1 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
2 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Izmenchivoe9.4km²
- Fiordovoye lake1.8km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 286 m above the sea. 51 % of it is below 200 m.
- 15 %0–50 m
- 36 %50–200 m
- 26 %200–500 m
- 23 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
100 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | -23 | -23 | -22 | -16 | -8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -10 | -18 | -22 |
| Night low (°C) | -28 | -28 | -26 | -20 | -12 | -3 | -1 | -2 | -6 | -13 | -21 | -26 |
| Sea (°C) | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -2 |
| Rain (mm) | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 55 | 58 | 75 | 67 | 57 | 35 | 30 |
| Wet days | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
| Sun h/day | — | 2.8 | 7.5 | 12.7 | 16.0 | 14.9 | 9.1 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 3.4 | — | — |
| Wind (km/h) | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.1 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | −0.3 | −0.6 | −0.3 | −0.4 | −0.1 | +0.2 | +0.2 |
| 2021 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | −0.4 | −0.8 | −0.9 | −0.8 | −0.4 | ±0.0 | +0.1 |
| 2022 | +0.1 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.2 | −0.4 | −0.6 | −0.7 | −0.2 | −0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.1 |
| 2023 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.2 | −0.4 | −0.7 | −0.5 | −0.5 | −0.3 | ±0.0 | +0.2 |
| 2024 | +0.1 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.2 | −0.4 | −0.5 | −0.1 | +0.2 | −0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 |
| 2025 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | −0.3 | −0.4 | +1.2 | +1.0 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.2 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
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| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q217372) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | Natural Earth · public domain |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Peakyas, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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