Russian:Остров Ла-Ронсьер | |
|---|---|
 Location of the Franz Josef Archipelago | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Arctic |
| Coordinates | 80°58′56″N60°59′39″E / 80.9822°N 60.9942°E /80.9822; 60.9942 |
| Archipelago | Franz Josef Archipelago |
| Area | 478 km2 (185 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 431 m (1414 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
La Ronciere Island (Russian:Остров Ла-Ронсьер,romanized: Ostrov La-Ronsier, also known asRonser Island, is an island inFranz Josef Land,Russia.
This island was named by theAustro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition after Captain La Ronciere Le Noury, a French courier forAustro-HungarianEmperor Franz Joseph.[1]
On some maps La Ronciere Island appears as "Whitney Island", after American Arctic financierWilliam Collins Whitney. This name was given by the American explorer Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, but the Austro-Hungarian explorers who discovered Franz Josef land had named this island first.[2]
La Ronciere Island's area is 478 km2 (185 sq mi). Its latitude is 81° N and its longitude 61° E. The highest point of the island is 431 m (1,414 ft). It is almost completelyglaciarized except for two small points by the shore in the northeast and in the west.
La Ronciere Island lies north ofWilczek Land, separated from it by an 8 km (5 mi) wide sound.
6 km (3.7 mi) southwest of La Ronciere Island and 4 km (2.5 mi) north of Wilczek Land's northwestern cape, at80°52′18″N60°07′02″E / 80.8716667°N 60.1172222°E /80.8716667; 60.1172222, lies a small island calledOstrov Geidzh (Остров Гейдж) or Geddes Island. This barely 1-kilometre-long (0.6 mi) island was named afterScottish polar scientist SirPatrick Geddes.
This same island was named Hayden Island (Остров Гайдана; Ostrov Gaydana), after pioneering American geologistFerdinand Vandeveer Hayden, by the Ziegler-Fiala expedition.
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