Arthur Island Explained

Arthur Island
Local Name:Остров Артура
Map:Russia
Location:Queen Victoria Sea, Arctic Ocean
Coordinates:81.1333°N 91°W
Archipelago:Franz Josef Archipelago
Area Km2:111
Elevation M:275
Country: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 1110NaN0 and its maximum height 2750NaN0.[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]

81.1333°N 91°W

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ostrov Artura. Mapcarta. 12 October 2016.
  2. Web site: UNEP - Islands . 2007-07-31 . 2013-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131125062100/http://islands.unep.ch/CEO.htm . dead .
  3. Frederick G. Jackson, A Thousand Days in the Arctic, 2011, p.208