| Kuhn Island | |
| Local Name: | Остров Куна |
| Location: | Arctic |
| Coordinates: | 81.1254°N 58.3929°W |
| Archipelago: | Franz Josef Archipelago |
| Area Km2: | 17.5 |
| Elevation M: | 228 |
| Population: | 0 |
| Country: | Russia |
Kuhn Island (Russian: Остров Куна; Ostrov Kuna) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.
The island has a maximum altitude of 2280NaN0. Between its westernmost point, Cape Golovin (Russian: мыс Головина), and its easternmost point, Cape Obryvisty (Russian: мыс Обрывистый), it is about 80NaN0 in length. Just south of Kuhn Island lies the small Brosch Island (Russian: Остров Брош, Ostrov Brosh) with a maximum height of 850NaN0. Kane Island lies to the east. All three islands are separated from the larger Greely Island to the south by the Sternek Strait (Russian: пролив Штернека).[1]
The island was discovered by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition in 1874 and was named in honour of the Austro-Hungarian minister of war Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld, a patron of Julius Payer, one of the expedition's leaders.[2]
