Greely Island

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

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
LocationArctic
Coordinates81.0044°N 58.2978°E / 81.0044; 58.2978
ArchipelagoFranz Josef Archipelago
Area149 km2 (58 sq mi)
Highest elevation447 m (1467 ft)
Administration
Demographics
Population0

This island was named after American Arctic explorer Adolphus Greely.

Geography

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.

Kuhn Island

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

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
Main article: Kane Island

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
Various islands of Franz Josef Land

See also

References
  1. Location
  2. UNEP - Islands
  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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