Muostakh – an island, located 26 km east of Cape Kosistyi. It is made of fossil ice and loose rocks. Its length is 9.3 km; the length is not more than 0.5 km. Its height is 10–15 m and it has steep shores, especially on the east side. In the northern part, the island is destroyed by warm waters of the Bykovskaya gully.
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(2016). Muostakh. In: Zonn, I.S., Kostianoy, A.G., Semenov, A.V. (eds) The Eastern Arctic Seas Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia of Seas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24237-8_341
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