Which sea lies between the Taimyr Peninsula and Novaya Zemlya?

The sea between the Taimyr Peninsula and Novaya Zemlya is the Kara Sea.

The Kara Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia. Novaya Zemlya forms its western boundary, while the Taimyr Peninsula and Severnaya Zemlya lie toward its eastern and southeastern side. The Barents Sea is west of Novaya Zemlya, and the Laptev Sea begins farther east, beyond Severnaya Zemlya.

This Arctic sea is roughly 1,450 kilometres long and 970 kilometres wide. It is shallow compared with the deep Arctic Ocean, with a mean depth of about 110 metres, and it remains ice-covered for much of the year. Major rivers, including the Ob and Yenisei, deliver freshwater and sediment into its southern waters.

The Kara Sea is important to the Northern Sea Route, Russia’s Arctic shipping corridor. Its name is also easy to confuse with Kara Strait, or Kara Gates, a separate passage south of Novaya Zemlya that connects the Kara and Barents seas.