Vaygach

Vaygach or Vaigach (both: vīgächˈ), island, 1,312 sq mi (3,398 sq km), Nenets Autonomous Area, off NE European Russia, in the Arctic Ocean, between the mainland and Novaya Zemlya. A continuation of the Pay-Khoy range, the island is covered with tundra and has zinc, copper, and lead deposits. Two settlements, Vaygach and Varnet, are on the island. It is named after the Russian mariner who discovered it in the 16th cent.

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For most of the 20th century, Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) bred only on the islands of the High Arctic: on the northeastern coast of Greenland, on Spitsbergen and Vaygach Islands, and on the southern island of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago (Ptushenko, 1952; Cramp and Simmons, 1978; Ganter et al., 1999).

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Breeding success of geese and swans on Vaygach Island (USSR) during 1986-1988: Interplay of weather and arctic fox predation.

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* The Integrated Marine Arctic Expedition, conducted by the Russian Research Institute for Cultural and Natural Heritage, has carried out investigations on Novaya Zemlya and on Vaygach and Kolguyev islands since 1986.