Maly Lyakhovsky Island

74°00′N 140°30′E / 74.000°N 140.500°E / 74.000; 140.500

Maly Lyakhovsky Island (Russian: Малый Ляховский) is the second largest of the Lyakhovsky Islands belonging to the New Siberian Islands archipelago in Laptev Sea in northern Russia. It has an area of 975.5 km2 (376.6 sq mi).

The Lyakhovsky Islands are named in honour of Ivan Lyakhov, who explored them in 1773.

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