Wikipedia (in Russian) says that there is a navy/border control base on
this island. However, I checked a few other naval bases I know of, and they
do not seem to be blurred. So this might not be the reason.

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Paige G. Andrew <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> And I would guess that Russia is actively doing either preparations for or
> actual drilling for oil, natural gas, or similar, because in the past
> couple of years they have ramped up mineral explorations as the Arctic ice
> retreats and has eyes on making as many claims as possible.
>
> Paige
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> *From: *"Chris Hanson" <[log in to unmask]>
> *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent: *Friday, April 8, 2016 2:13:24 PM
> *Subject: *Re: These 20 Places Have Been Hidden from the Public by Google
>
> Well, this was posted on April 1st but I did confirm that many of the
>> places are actually pixelated and/or obscured in google maps ... I'm mostly
>> curious about #3 the islands in Russia. Does anyone know why that is
>> obscured
>>
>
> I would guess simply because nobody has bothered acquiring satellite
> images of them because there's no interest in them.
>
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