The islands lie off the coast of
Siberia, west of the mouths of river
Pyasina. They are covered with tundra vegetation. The sea surrounding the Kamennye Islands is covered with pack ice with some
polynias in the winter and there are many ice floes even in the summer, so that they are connected with the Siberian mainland during the long winters. The climate is severe and summers last only about two months. This island group belongs to the
Krasnoyarsk Krai administrative division of the
Russian Federation.
Islands The main islands are (from East to West): •
Morzhovo Island, with a diameter of only , is the closest to land. It is only about from the Siberian coastline. •
Rastorguyev Island. It is long and narrow, and about in length. It is occasionally confused with
Kolchak Island (which is located further east in the Kara Sea along the coast south of the
Nordenskiold Archipelago, and until 2005, used to also be known as Rastorguyev Island). •
Vostochny Island, is the largest in the group; in length and wide. •
Zapadny Kamenny Island, roughly circular in shape; in diameter. ==History==