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Novaya Zemlya is an extension of the northern part of the Ural Mountains, [39] and the interior is mountainous throughout. [5] It is separated from the mainland by the Kara Strait. [5] Novaya Zemlya consists of two major islands, separated by the narrow Matochkin Strait, as well as a number of smaller islands. The two main islands are:
The hydrogen bomb, which carried the force of 50 million tons of conventional explosives, was detonated in a test in October 1961, 4,000 meters over the remote Novaya Zemlya archipelago above the ...
The Novaya Zemlya site was first used by the Soviet Union to conduct nuclear tests in 1955 until the USSR’s final underground explosion in 1990. ... After an analysis of satellite photos of the ...
Sukhoy Nos was a site of nuclear testing for the former USSR, being the third and the northernmost detonating site of three on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago (designated "Zone C"). It was used between 1958 and 1961 and in October 1961 was the site of the record-breaking 50-megaton hydrogen bomb, known as Tsar Bomba. [3]
Launch from NZ Area A, Chyornaya Guba, Novaya Zemlya, Russia , elv: 30 + 0 m (98 Detonation over NZ Area C, Sukhoy Nos, Novaya Zemlya, Russia ~ 73°31′N 54°18′E / 73.52°N 54.3°E / 73.52; 54.3 ( 106 Volga1
Russia's testing site, located on the remote Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, was where the Soviet Union conducted more than 200 nuclear tests, including the detonation of the world ...
A 2015 expedition measuring the glaciers of Novaya Zemlya reported 65–130 times more radioactivity than the background in neighboring areas, due to nuclear testing, including Tsar Bomba. [ 63 ] Andrei Sakharov was one of the most prominent speakers against nuclear proliferation.
The village was located 55 kilometres (34 miles) from ground zero within the Sukhoy Nos test range. Tsar Bomba was the most powerful nuclear weapon detonated and was the most powerful anthropogenic explosion in human history. It had a yield of 50 megatons of TNT, scaled down from its maximum 100 megaton design yield. [8]