Kolguyev Island is an island in
Nenets Autonomous Okrug Russia located in the south-eastern
Barents Sea (east of the
Pechora Sea) to the north-east of the
Kanin Peninsula. The approximately circular-shaped island has a diameter of and is in area. The highest point on the island is at 166 m (545 feet). The vast wetland consists of many
bogs and
morainic hills, covered by vegetation characteristic of the
tundra. Notably, a proposed
subspecies of the
Candle Larkspur,
Delphinium elatum ssp.
cryophilum, is only found on this island, but its distinctness from the mainland population is disputed.