Arthur Island

Island in Franz Josef Land, Russia
81°08′N 50°41′E / 81.133°N 50.683°E / 81.133; 50.683ArchipelagoFranz Josef ArchipelagoArea111 km2 (43 sq mi)Highest elevation275 m (902 ft)Administration
Russia

Arthur Island (Russian: Остров Артура; Ostrov Artura) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. It belongs administratively to the Arkhangelsk Oblast of the Russian Federation.[1]

Geography

Arthur Island lies in the Queen Victoria Sea north of Zemlya Georga, relatively far from any other island. Its area is 111 km2 (43 sq mi) and its maximum height 275 m (902 ft).[2]

Arthur Island is practically completely glacierized. Only a small area (Mys Ledovoy Razvedky) in the northwestern shores of the island and another (Mys Nizkiy) in the southernmost point of the island are free of glacier ice.

This island was named by Frederick George Jackson after his brother Arthur Jackson, in the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition.[3]

81°08′N 50°41′E / 81.133°N 50.683°E / 81.133; 50.683

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ostrov Artura". Mapcarta. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  2. ^ "UNEP - Islands". Archived from the original on 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
  3. ^ Frederick G. Jackson, A Thousand Days in the Arctic, 2011, p.208

External links

  • Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition
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