Becker Island

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

Becker Island (Остров Беккера; Ostrov Bekkera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic.

Becker Island is long and narrow, stretching from East to West. Its length is 14 km and its average width 3 km.

Becker Island is located straight south of Rainer Island at lat 81.1913889 and long 59.3175000.

The eastern half of this island is unglacierized. Highest point 165 m; the eastern cape is not far away from this summit and is known as Mys Galkovskogo.

Becker Island was named after German civil engineer and entomologist Theodor Becker (1840 - 1928). Becker wrote about the insects in North Siberia as a contribution to the scientific results of Baron Eduard von Toll's Russian Polar Expedition of 1900-1903.


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