Russian:Земля Георга | |
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 Location of Zemlya Georga in the Franz Josef Archipelago | |
  Zemlya Georga Zemlya Georga (Russia) | |
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| Location | Arctic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 80°26′43″N49°00′45″E / 80.44528°N 49.01250°E /80.44528; 49.01250 |
| Archipelago | Franz Josef Land |
| Area | 2,821 km2 (1,089 sq mi) |
| Length | 115 km (71.5 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 416 m (1365 ft) |
| Highest point | Brusilov Ice Dome |
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Zemlya Georga, orPrince George Land (Russian:Земля Георга;Zemlya Georga, "George Land"), is the largest island inFranz Josef Land,Arkhangelsk Oblast,Russian Arctic.
Zemlya Georga was named byFrederick George Jackson afterPrince George.[1]
With a total surface of 2,821 square kilometres (1,089 sq mi), slightly larger thanLuxembourg, Zemlya Georga is the largest island of the Franz Josef Archipelago. It is also the longest, with a distance of 115 kilometres (71 mi) between its northernmost and its southernmost ends. The highest point of the island is the summit of Brusilov Ice Dome, the northeastern ice dome, at 416 metres (1,365 ft).[1]
The island has a complex coastline, with many bays, deep inlets and capes. Zemlya Georga has three capes pointing southwestwards on its southern coast:Cape Neale (the westernmost end of the island),Cape Crowther andCape Grant. Its easternmost cape is known asMys Murray. The two capes pointing north,Mys Bryusa andMys Battenberg, are separated from each other bySommerville Bay. The westernmost cape of this peninsula isMys Mul'tanovskogo, beyond which lies the sound known asProliv Arkhangelskiy between Zemlya Georga andAlexandra Land. The sound known asCambridge Channel (Proliv Kambritch) is located further to the southwest. There are no permanent inhabitants on the island however there is a seasonal research station which can shelter up to 10 persons.
TheNightingale Channel (Proliv Neytingeyl) runs east of Zemlya Georga, separating it fromBruce Island.
Most of the land lies under largeglaciers andice domes, such as the Brusilov Ice Dome, Gretton Ice Dome, Dzegudze Ice Dome (Купол Дзегудзе), Zander Ice Dome,[2] Foggy Ice Dome (Купол туманный), Arctic Geology Research Institute Ice Dome (Купол Научно-исследовательский институт геологии Арктики) and the Peary Ice Dome, although there is a large, mostlyunglacierized peninsula at its northern end,Poluostrov Armitidzh.[3]
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British explorerBenjamin Leigh Smith, discovered Zemlya Georga in 1880.[4]
TheJackson–Harmsworth expedition established in 1897 that the land discovered by Leigh Smith is composed of two separate islands, the other being today'sAlexandra Land.[5]
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