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Location
  
Arctic Ocean

Length
  
20 km (12 mi)

Highest elevation
  
452 m (1,483 ft)

Elevation
  
452 m

Island group
  
Franz Josef Land

Archipelago
  
Franz Josef Land

Width
  
12.5 km (7.77 mi)

Highest point
  
Kupol Frolova

Area
  
151 km²

Payer Island

Payer Island (Russian: oстров Пайера, ostrov Payera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.

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Map of Payer Island, Russia

This island was named after Julius Johannes Ludovicus von Payer an Austro-Hungarian arctic explorer and an Arctic landscape artist, one of the leaders of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition.

Geography

Payer Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. Its area is 151 km² and it lies to the SE of Jackson Island. The headland at the northern end is Mys Nordik. The center of the island is covered by an ice dome named Kupol Frolova (Купол Фролова). Its highest point reaches 452 m (1,483 ft).

Adjacent islands

Very close to Payer Island, off its easternmost point, lie some small islands:

  • Stoliczka Island (Остров Столичка), the island farther offshore, is the site of a large walrus rookery. Lat 81° 11′ N, long 58° 16′ E. This island was named after Moravian paleontologist Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838–1874) by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition.
  • Apollo Island (Ostrov Apollonova) lies in the sound between Stoliczka and Payer Island. It is only 500 m across.
  • Milovzorov Rocks (Рифы Миловзорова), rocks awash located off the NE shore of Payer Island.

    • References

    Payer Island Wikipedia
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