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 Nansen Island is covered with
pack ice with some
polynias during the long and harsh winters and there are many
ice floes even in the summer. Vkhodnoy Island belongs to the
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of the
Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of
Russia and is part of the
Great Arctic State Nature Reserve – the largest nature reserve of Russia and one of the biggest in the world. ==History==