Sakha

The Sakha (Yakutia) Republic (Yakut: ???? ????????????; ) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). The direct transliteration of the republic's name is Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya) in Russian and Sakha Respublikata in Yakut.

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• Area: 3,103,200 km?.
• Borders:
• internal: Chukotka (E), Magadan Oblast (E/SE), Khabarovsk Krai (SE), Amur Oblast (S), Chita Oblast (S), Irkutsk Oblast (S/SW), Evenkia (W), Taymyria (W/NW).
• water: Arctic Ocean (including Laptev Sea and Eastern Siberian Sea) (N).
• Highest point: Peak Pobeda (3,003 m) or Peak Mus-Khaya (3,011 m).
• Maximum N->S distance: 2,500 km.
• Maximum E->W distance: 2,000 km.
• Average elevation: no data.

Sakha stretches to the Henrietta Islands in the far north and is washed by the Laptev and Eastern Siberian Seas of the Arctic Ocean. These waters, the coldest and iciest of all seas in the northern hemisphere, are covered by ice for 9-10 months of the year. New Siberian Islands are a part of the republic's territory.

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