Belkovsky Island (Бельковский остров in Russian) is an island in the New Siberian Islands archipelago in the Laptev Sea. It is a part of the Sakha. Area: approx. 500 sq km. The highest point of the island is 120 m. There are big bird colonies and a walrus rookery on the island. New Siberian Islands (Russian: Новосиби́рские острова́), an archipelago, located to the North of the East Siberian coast between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea north of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. ... An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ... The Laptev Sea (Russian: мо́ре Ла́птевых) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. ... The Sakha (Yakutia) Republic (Yakut: Саха Республиката; Russian: ) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... M is the thirteenth letter of the latin alphabet. ... Binomial name Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies Walruses are large semi-aquatic mammals that live in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. ... A sea lion rookery at Monterey, California Birds A rookery is a nesting colony of birds. ...

The island was discovered in 1808 by a Russian merchant named Belkov. 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Merchants function as professionals who deal with trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce profit. ...