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Location of the Anzhu Islands.

Map of the New Siberian Islands.

The Anzhu Islands or Anjou Islands (Russian: острова Анжу) are a geographical subgroup of the New Siberian Islands archipelago. They are located between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea in the Russian Arctic. The total area of the islands is approx. 29,000 km².

The main islands of the Anzhu subgroup are (from west to east):

• Belkovsky Island.
• The whole formed by Kotelny, Bunge Land and Faddeyevsky.
• New Siberia.

The Anzhu Islands are named after Russian explorer Pyotr Anjou.

This island group is a practically uninhabited territory. It belongs administratively to the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation.

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v • d • e Islands of the Laptev Sea (Russian Arctic) Aerosyemki • Anzhu Islands • Arangastakh • Belkovsky Island • Bolshevik • Bolshoy Begichev • Brusneva • Bulgunnyakhtakh-Belkey • Chychas-Aryta • Daldalakh • Dallalakh • Dunay Islands • Dzhyangylakh • Faddey Islands • Great Lyakhovsky • Komsomolets • Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands • Kotelny • Lena Delta Islands  • Leykina • Little Lyakhovsky • Lyakhovsky Islands • Makar Island • Maliy Begichev • Maly Taymyr • Muostakh • Nanosnyy • New Siberian Islands • Orto Ary • Peschanyy • Petrushka • Preobrazheniya • Psov Island • Sagastyr • Saint Andrew Island • Saint Peter Islands • Salkay • Samakh Ary Dyete • Samolyota • Semyonovsky • Severnaya Zemlya • Shelonsky Islands • Starokadomsky • Stolbovoy • Vo'smogo Marta • Vilkitsky Islands • Yarok • Zalivnyye Islands

v • d • e Islands of the East Siberian Sea (Russian Arctic) Anzhu Islands  • Ayon Island  • Bennett Island  • Bolshoy Fedorovskiy  • Chengkuul  • De Long Islands  • Faddeyevsky  • Glavsevmorput Island  • Great Lyakhovsky Island  • Henrietta Island  • Jeannette Island  • Kolesovsky Islands  • Kotelny  • Krestovyy Island  • Little Lyakhovsky Island  • Medvyezhi Islands  • Mikhalkino  • New Siberian Islands  • Novaya Sibir  • Ploskiy  • Routan Islands  • Ryyanranot  • Shalaurova  • Sukhornyy  • Uparovskiy  • Usun Ary  • Vilkitsky  • Vkhodnoy  • Wrangel Island  • Zhokhov Island

Coordinates: 75°28′30″N 143°02′31″E / 75.475, 143.04194