1. Novaya Zemlya - Noun
2. Novaya Zemlya - Proper noun
two islands in the Arctic Ocean belonging to Russia; site of a test center for nuclear warheads
Source: WordNetExcavation and findings The remains of the wooden lodge of Willem Barentsz on Novaya Zemlya, sketched by Elling Carlsen in 1871 The wooden lodge where Barentsz' crew sheltered was found undisturbed by Norwegian seal hunter Elling Carlsen in 1871. Source: Internet
Het Behouden Huys on Novaya Zemlya Dealing with extreme cold, the crew realised that their socks would burn before their feet could even feel the warmth of a fire – and took to sleeping with warmed stones and cannonballs. Source: Internet
Leaving London on 22 April, the ship traveled almost 2,500 miles, making it to Novaya Zemlya well above the Arctic Circle in July, but even in the summer the ice was impenetrable and they turned back, arriving at Gravesend on 26 August. Source: Internet
On Oct. 30, 1961, Durnovtsev and his crew took off from an airfield on the Kola Peninsula and headed to the Soviet nuclear test area above the Arctic Circle at Mityushikha Bay, located in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. Source: Internet
During his third expedition, the crew was stranded on Novaya Zemlya for almost a year. Source: Internet
The name "Zembla" (taken from "Nova Zembla", a former latinization of Novaya Zemlya ) Boyd notes that Swift 's Battle of the Books contains "a malignant deity, call'd Criticism" that "dwelt on the Top of a snowy Mountain in Nova Zembla". Source: Internet