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Novaya Zemlya was surveted by the [[Dutch]] explorer [[Willem Barents]] in 1594 and 1596. Barents perished on the latter expedition and is thought to have been buried on Severny island.
Novaya Zemlya was surveted by the [[Dutch]] explorer [[Willem Barents]] in 1594 and 1596. Barents perished on the latter expedition and is thought to have been buried on Severny island.
The territory was the location of nuclear weapons tests by the former [[Soviet Union]].
[[Category:Islands]]
[[Category:Islands]]
[[Category:Russia]]
[[Category:Russia]]