Ziegler Island

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Location of the Zemlya Zichy subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. Ziegler Island lies roughly in its center.

Ziegler Island (Russian: Остров Циглера; Ostrov Tsiglera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.

This island is 45 km long, stretching from the NW to the SE. Its area is 448 km² and it is almost completely unglacierized. The highest point on Ziegler Island is 554 m.

This island was named after New York businessman William Ziegler, leader of the 1901 Baldwin-Ziegler North Pole Expedition, on ships America, Fridtjof and Belgica, and of the 1903-1905 Ziegler-Fiala Polar Expedition.

Ziegler Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago.

Between Ziegler Island and Greely Island there is a round island, about 3.5 km in diameter. Highest point 393. Unglacierized. It is separated from Ziegler island by a 600 m narrow sound.

[edit] History

The Austrian observing site Payer-Weyprecht (probably 81°06′N, 56°11′E) was established around the turn of the century on this island.

[edit] References

• William Barr, The First Cruise into the Soviet Arctic.
• Island Names in Russian
• Arctic expeditions: [1]
• - Ziegler-Fiala Polar Expedition, 1903-1905

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