Location Arctic Population 0 Area 467 km² | Archipelago Severnaya Zemlya Elevation 325 m Island group Severnaya Zemlya | |
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Schmidt Island (Russian: Остров Шмидта) is part of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic and was named after Soviet scientist and first head of the Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route, Otto Schmidt. It is located at the far northwestern end of the archipelago and lies slightly south of the Arctic Cape on Komsomolets Island.
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Map of Schmidt Island, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Geography
Schmidt Island is significantly detached from the rest of Severnaya Zemlya regarding the relative proximity of the other main islands to each other.
It measures 467 km2 (180 sq mi) and is almost entirely covered by the Schmidt Ice Cap. Owing to its exposed position, the climate in the Schmidt Island's area is much colder than in the rest of the archipelago.
References
Schmidt Island Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA