Alger Island, Russia

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Location of the Franz Josef Archipelago
Location of the Franz Josef Archipelago

Alger Island (Russian: Остров Алджер ; Ostrov Aldzher) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. Lat 80° 22′ N, long 56° 03′ E.

The legth of Alger Island is 10 km and its maximum width 4.7 km. Its highest point is 429 m. This island is mostly unglacierized, having only a relatively small ice cap in its northern end. There is a wide unglacierized area on its southwestern shore.

Alger Island is located north of McClintock Island, separated from it by a 2 km narrow sound.

The wintering site of the 1901 failed American Baldwin-Ziegler Expedition was on Alger Island. They named this island after 19th-century American author Horatio Alger who was a significant figure of American cultural and social ideals at that time.

Off Alger Island's southwestern shores lies Ostrov Matil'dy (Остров Матильди), a very small, barely 1 km long, island.

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Coordinates: 80°23′N 56°00′E / 80.383, 56