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{{Short description|Islands in Russia}}
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| location         = [[Laptev Sea]]
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| archipelago      = Lyakhovsky Islands
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| country_admin_divisions           = [[Sakha Republic]]
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The '''Lyakhovsky Islands''' ({{langx|ru|Ляховские острова|Lyakhovskiye ostrova}}; {{langx|sah|Ляхов арыылара}}) are the southernmost group of the [[New Siberian Islands]] in the [[Arctic]] seas of eastern [[Russia]].
The islands are named in honour of [[Ivan Lyakhov]], who explored them in 1773.

==Geography==
They are separated from the mainland by the [[Laptev Strait]] ({{convert|60|km|abbr=on}} wide), and from the [[Anzhu Islands]] group by the [[Sannikov Strait]] ({{convert|50|km|abbr=on}} wide). Two islands dominate the group:

*[[Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island]] (Great Lyakhovsky Island) {{convert|5156.6|km2|abbr=on}} with a maximum altitude of {{convert|311|m|abbr=on}} on [[Emy Tas]]<ref>[http://islands.unep.ch/IEO.htm#1062 Bol. Lyakhovskiy (Liakhov)]</ref>
*[[Maly Lyakhovsky Island]] (Little Lyakhovsky Island) {{convert|975.5|km2|abbr=on}}<ref>[http://islands.unep.ch/IEO.htm#1042 Mal. Lyakhovskiy (Lachovski)]</ref>
*[[Stolbovoy Island|Stolbovoy]] is a large island detached from the group.
*[[Yaya Island]]
*Off Great Lyakhovsky Island's southwestern cape lies a small islet called '''Ostrov Khopto-Terer'''.
*[[Semyonovsky Island]] has now disappeared after heavy erosion. Before its disappearance, it was at 4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, one of the smallest islands in the [[archipelago]].<ref name=Grigorov1946>Grigorov, I.P., 1946, ''Disappearing islands.'' Priroda, pp. 58–65 (in Russian)</ref><ref name=Gavrilovothers2003>Gavrilov, A.V., N.N. Romanovskii, V.E. Romanovsky, H.-W. Hubberten, and V. E. Tumskoy (2003). Reconstruction of Ice Complex Remnants on the Eastern Siberian Arctic Shelf. ''[[Permafrost and Periglacial Processes]]''. vol. 14, pp. 187–198.</ref>

==In popular culture==
Part of the action of two novels by [[Jules Verne]], ''Waif of the Cynthia'' (1885) and ''[[César Cascabel]]'' (1890), takes place there. In the latter, the term "Liakhov Islands" refers to the New Siberian group as a whole, as the principal action is on [[Kotelny Island]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{commons category inline|Lyakhovsky Islands}}

{{Laptev Sea Islands}}

[[Category:Lyakhovsky Islands| ]]
[[Category:Archipelagoes of the East Siberian Sea]]
[[Category:Archipelagoes of the Laptev Sea]]
[[Category:New Siberian Islands]]
[[Category:Archipelagoes of the Sakha Republic]]
[[Category:Islands of Siberia]]
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Russia]]


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