Belaya Zemlya

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Belaya Zemlya
Russian: Белая Земля
Location of the Belaya Zemlya subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago.
Geography
Location	Arctic
Coordinates	81°38′N 63°06′E / 81.633°N 63.100°E / 81.633; 63.100
Archipelago	Franz Josef Archipelago
Country
Russia

Belaya Zemlya (Russian: Белая Земля, lit. "White Land") is a group of three cold, glaciated islands. It is a geographical subgroup of Franz Josef Land, Russian Federation.

History

This area was named Hvidtenland (Norwegian: "White Land") by Fridtjof Nansen, who reached this desolate place on August 5 1895 during his polar expedition. In his map he drew four islands. Since the limit of permanent ice crosses Belaya Zemlya, it is often difficult to distinguish between land and sea. However, as the cartography of the Franz Josef Archipelago became more accurate, it became apparent that it was a group of three islands.

Belaya Zemlya is the point of the Franz Josef Archipelago that Valerian Albanov was trying to reach when he left the Svyataya Anna with part of the crew, but owing to the polar ice drift and the abundance of polynias along his route, he ended up far to the southwest in Alexandra Land.^[1]

Geography

Belaya Zemlya is separated from the main Franz Josef group by a 45 km (28 mi) broad strait known as Proliv Severo Vostochnyy.

Islands

Eva Island (Остров Ева-Лив), or "Eva-Liv Island". With 25 km (16 mi) in length, this is the largest island of the group. Eva Island was named after Fridtjof's wife Eva Nansen (died in 1907).

Adelaide Island (Остров Аделаиды). Only 2 km (1.2 mi) in length, this is a very small island. It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) to the southwest of Eva Island's western end. Adelaide Island was named in honor of Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

Frieden Island (Остров Фреден), sometimes also spelt "Fryeden" because of the transliteration from the Russian. This is a larger oval-shaped island, with a length of 8.2 km (5.1 mi). It lies 2.5 km (1.6 mi) south of Adelaide Island. Frieden Island is named after the German word for "Peace".

References

↑ Valerian Albanov. In the Land of White Death

External links

v t e Franz Josef Land

Islands	Aagaard Island Adelaide Island Alexander Islands Alexandra Land Alger Island Arthur Island Becker Island Belaya Zemlya Bell Island Berghaus 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 Freeden Island Geddes Island George Land Gogenloe Island Gorbunov Islands Graham Bell Island Greely Island Hall Island Harley Island Heiss Island Hochstetter Islands Hofmann Island Hooker Island Howen Island Jackson Island Jefferson Island Karl-Alexander Island Koetlitz Island Kane Island Klagenfurt Island Koldewey Island Komsomol Islands Kuchin Islands Kuna Island Lamont Island La Ronciere Island Levanevsky Island Leigh-Smith Island Litke Island Luigi Island McClintock Island McNult Island Mabel Island May Island Nansena Island Newcomb Island Newton Island Northbrook Island Ostrovov Oktyabryata Ommanney Island Payer Island Pontremoli Islands Pritchet Island Pyerlamutrov Island Querini Island Rainer Island Robertson Island Royal Society Island Rudolf Island Salisbury Island (Russia) Salm Island Schönau Island Scott-Keltie Island Stoliczka Island Tillo Island Torup Island Ugol'noy Kopi Wiener Neustadt Island Wilczek Island Wilczek Land Wilton Island Windward Island Zichy Land Ziegler Island

History	Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition Nansen's Fram expedition Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition Jason Ziegler Polar Expedition Yrmark Bratvaag Expedition Malygin

Outposts	Ernst Krenkel Observatory Nagurskoye

Geography	Austrian Strait Cape Bystrova Cape Fligely Cape Kohlsaat Cape Mary Harmsworth Russian Arctic National Park

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