Bunge Land or Zemlya Bunge is a huge, empty, and almost barren intermediate zone in the Anzhu Islands north of Siberia. It is located between Kotelny and Faddeyevsky, which, unlike Bunge Land, could be described as proper islands. Sandy and flat, its area is 6,200 km 2.

May 31, 2022 · But this is Bunge Land, Zemlya Bunge in Russian, a 2,400-square-mile desert north of the Arctic Circle. And no one is entirely sure how it got there.

Oct 4, 2020 · Bunge Land is one of the most unusual places in the Siberian Arctic. Unlike the vegetated tundra and bedrock surfaces of its neighboring islands, Bunge Land (Zemlya Bunge) is a barren sandy plain. It was discovered in the 1800s and later named after the Russian explorer Alexander von Bunge.

Dec 1, 2010 · In this paper, we present our palaeoenvironmental findings and geochronological data from small exposures and soil pits on the south coast of Bunge Land.

Jun 28, 2023 · It forms a vast desert like environment with sand dunes, but while also being host to potential polar bear habitat. Known as Bunge Land, it is the largest feature of its kind, although its origin is somewhat similar to how the Great Kobuk Sand Dunes formed in Alaska.

The mystery of Bunge Land (New Siberian Archipelago): implications for its formation based on palaeoenvironmental records, geomorphology, and remote sensing

Jan 19, 2010 · Overview map showing Kotel'ny and Fadeevsky islands and the land bridge of Bunge Land between them. The NASA GeoCover 2000 Landsat-7 satellite mosaic (bands 7-4-2) reveals dramatic differences...

Das Bungeland (russisch Земля Бунге, Semlja Bunge, jakutisch Бунге сирэ, Bunge sirä) ist eine große Sandbank in den Neusibirischen Inseln im Arktischen Ozean. Administrativ gehört es zur russischen Republik Sacha (Jakutien).

Bunge Land or Zemlya Bunge is a huge empty and almost barren intermediate zone in the Anzhu Islands north of Siberia. It is located between Kotelny and Faddeyevsky, which, unlike Bunge Land, could be described as proper islands.

Bunge Land was part of the exposed North Siberian shelf region during the late Pleistocene when global sea level was as much as 120 m below the present mean sea level (Romanovskii et al., 2004).