Querini Island

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Querini
Russian: Остров Кверини
Querini Island, along with nearby islands
Geography
Archipelago	Franz Josef Archipelago
Country
Russia

Querini Island or Ostrov Kverini (Russian: Остров Кверини) is an island located in Franz Josef Land, Russia.^[1] The island was named after Francesco Querini who lost his life in the Cegni polar expedition of 1909.

References

↑ "polar explorers > Luigi Amedeo of Aosta Duca degli Abruzzi 1873 - 1933 (Translated from Italian)". Circolo Polare. Retrieved March 10, 2013.

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

Coordinates: 81°11′23″N 56°08′51″E / 81.18972°N 56.14750°E / 81.18972; 56.14750

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