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Novaya Zemlya was surveyed by the [[Dutch]] explorer [[Willem Barents]] in 1594 and 1596. Barents perished on the latter expedition and may have been buried on Severny island.
Novaya Zemlya was surveyed by the [[Dutch]] explorer [[Willem Barents]] in 1594 and 1596. Barents perished on the latter expedition and may have been buried on Severny island.
The territory was the location of nuclear weapons tests by the former [[Soviet Union]].
The territory was the location of nuclear weapons tests and nuclear waste dumping by the former [[Soviet Union]]. Novaya Zemlya is considered possibly the most contaminated nuclear waste site on earth.
[[Category:Russian Islands]]
[[Category:Russian Islands]]