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Members of Boris Vilkitsky's expedition landed on the territory on the 3rd of September 1913. They initially named it Tayvay Land after their icebreakers Taimyr and Vaigach before changing the name to Emperor Nicholas II Land in early 1948.
Georgy Ushakov led a two-year surveying expedition starting in spring 1931 with geologist Nikolay Urvantsev and radio-operator Vasily Khodov. The team established a base at Golomyanny on Sredniy Island and produced the first detailed maps showing four main islands.
The Academy of Sciences Glacier covers about two-thirds of Komsomolets Island as an ice dome reaching over 600 meters above sea level. It stands as the largest glacier in Russia and the entire Russian Federation.
October Revolution Island measures approximately 28,000 square kilometers making it the 59th largest island globally. Mount Karpinsky rises to 1,040 meters atop this largest island which holds five domed ice caps including Rusanov and Vavilov.
Golomyanny Meteorological Station operates continuously since 1954 from Sredniy Island's western tip while Prima Polar Station near Cape Baranov on Bolshevik Island remains the sole current human presence among these islands. No permanent residents live here today except those staffing research facilities.