Kara Sea: ✅It is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located to the north of Siberia, Russia. ✅It covers an area of 880,000 sq.km. It has been named after the Kara River. ✅It is situated between the Franz Josef Land, the Novaya Zemlya islands, and the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. ✅The Kara Strait and the Novaya Zemlya archipelago separate the Kara Sea from the Barents Sea in the west. ✅In the east, the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago separates the Kara Sea from the Laptev Sea. ✅In the north, the Kara Sea is also connected with the Arctic Basin. ✅It is regarded as one of the world’s coldest seas and remains covered with ice from September to May. ✅Different rivers, including the Kara, Ob, Pyasina and Yenisei drain into the Kara Sea. ✅The significant islands that are found here include Bely, Dikson, Kamennyye, Oleni and Taymyr. ✅The Nordenskiold Archipelago, which is composed of more than 90 islands and five large island subgroups, is the largest island group in the Kara Sea. #places_in_news #sea_series