Salisbury Island (Russia)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Location of Salisbury Island in the Franz Josef Archipelago.

Salisbury Island, (Russian: Остров Солсбери; Ostrov Solsberi) is an island located in the central area of Franz Josef Land, Russia.

Salisbury Island is relatively large and long, having a surface of 960 km². Its highest point is 482 m and practically the entire surface of the island is glacierized.

Salisbury Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. It has very little open sea around it, being wedged between Luigi Island and Champ Island on its southwestern shores, Ziegler Island in the northeast and Wiener Neustadt Island in the east.

This island was named after geology Professor Rollin D. Salisbury (1858-1922), of the University of Chicago. Salisbury was second-in-command on the Peary relief expedition.

Salisbury Island in the Franz Josef Archipelago should not be confused with Salisbury Island, in Canada.

[edit] Adjacent Islands

• Elisabeth Island (Остров Елизаветы; Ostrov Yelisabet) is a 5 km long oval-shaped island lying 7 km off Salisbury Island's northwestern end. Unglacierized; highest point 121 m. This island was named after Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, daughter of Crown Prince Rudolf, after whom Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land's northernmost island, was named.

• Ostrova Kuchina (Острова Кучина). These are two very small islets off Salisbury Island's northeastern coast; one of them is very close to the shore. They were named after Russian Arctic explorer Alexander Kuchin who was lost in Vladimir Rusanov's ill-fated expedition from Spitsbergen on ship Gerkules in 1912.

[edit] References

• [1]
• [2]
• Rollin D. Salisbury
• Names in Russian: [3]

This Northwestern Russia location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

v • d • e Franz Josef Land (Russian Arctic) Aagaaard Island  • Adelaide Island  • Alexander Islands  • Alexandra Land  • Alger Island  • Arthur Island  • Becker Island  • Belaya Zemlya  • Bell Island  • Bergkhauz Island  • Bliss Island  • Brice Island  • Brosch Island  • Bruce Island  • Bromwich Island  • Brady Island  • Champ Island  • Chichagov Islands  • Coburg Island  • David Island  • Davis Island  • Derevyannyy Island  • Eaton Island  • Elizabeth Island  • Etheridge Islands  • Eva Island  • Frieden Island  • Geddes Island  • Gorbunov Islands  • Graham Bell Island  • Greely Island  • Hall Island  • Harley Island  • Heiss Island  • Hochstetter Islands  • Hofmann Island  • Hohenlohe Island  • Hooker Island  • Howen Island  • Jackson Island  • Jefferson Island  • Karl-Alexander Island  • Koetlitz Island  • Kane Island  • Klagenfurt Island  • Koldewey Island  • Komsomol Islands  • Kuchin Islands  • Lamont Island  • La Ronciere Island  • Levanevsky Island  • Leigh-Smith Island  • Litke Island  • Luigi Island  • McClintock Island  • McNult Island  • Mabel Island  • May Island  • Nansen Island  • Newcomb Island  • Newton Island  • Northbrook Island  • Ostrovov Oktyabryata  • Ommanney Island  • Payer Island  • Pontremoli Islands  • Pritchet Island  • Pyerlamutrov Island  • Rainer Island  • Robertson Island  • Rudolf Island  • Salisbury Island (Russia)  • Salm Island  • Schönau Island  • Scott-Keltie Island  • Stoliczka Island  • Tillo Island  • Torup Island  • Victoria Island • Wiener Neustadt Island  • Wilczek Island  • Wilczek Land • Wilton Island  • Windward Island  • Zemlya Georga  • Zemlya Zichy  • Ziegler Island

Coordinates: 80°55′N 56°08′E / 80.917, 56.133