Greely Island

Greely Island
	Greely Island, within the Zichy Land islands
	Location of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. Greely Island is located towards its eastern side.
Geography
Location	Arctic
Coordinates	81°00′16″N 58°17′52″E / 81.0044°N 58.2978°E
Archipelago	Franz Josef Archipelago
Area	149 km2 (58 sq mi)
Highest elevation	447 m (1467 ft)
Administration
	Russia
Demographics
Population	0

Greely Island (Russian: Остров Грили; Ostrov Grili) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.^[1]

This island was named after American Arctic explorer Adolphus Greely.

Geography edit

Greely Island's area is 127 km² (49 sq mi) and it is almost completely glacierized.^[2]

Greely Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. It is separated from Ziegler Island by a narrow sound.

Adjacent Islands edit

Kuhn Island edit

Kuhn Island (Russian: Остров Куна, Ostrov Kuna) is a large island with unglacierized shores lying off Greely Island's northern coastline. It has a maximum height of 228 m (748 ft).^[3]

Brosch Island edit

Just south of Kuhn Island lies the small Brosch Island (Russian: Остров Брош, Ostrov Brosh) with a maximum height of 85 m (279 ft).^[3] This island was named after Gustav Brosch, a naval lieutenant from Bohemia in the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition.

Kane Island edit

Kane Island (Russian: Остров Кейна, Ostrov Keyna) is another large partly unglacierized island lying off Greely Island's northeastern shore, southeast of Kuhn Island and separated from it by a 2 km (1.2 mi) narrow sound. It has a maximum height of 282 m (925 ft). Kane Island was named after American Arctic explorer Dr. Elisha Kent Kane.^[4]

View edit

Various islands of Franz Josef Land

References edit

^ Location^{[permanent dead link]}
^ UNEP - Islands
^ ^a ^b Циглер (1965). Topographical Map U-40-XXVIII,IXXX,XXX (Map). 1 : 200 000. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
^ Schimanski, Johan; Spring, Ulrike (2015). Passagiere des Eises: Polarhelden und arktische Diskurse 1874. Vienna: Böhlau. p. 446. ISBN 9783205796060.

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Historical data

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[1] Location^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] UNEP - Islands

[Ziegler-3] Циглер (1965). Topographical Map U-40-XXVIII,IXXX,XXX (Map). 1 : 200 000. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

[4] Schimanski, Johan; Spring, Ulrike (2015). Passagiere des Eises: Polarhelden und arktische Diskurse 1874. Vienna: Böhlau. p. 446. ISBN 9783205796060.

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