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Wiener Neustadt Island

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Area
  
237 km²

Island group
  
Franz Josef Land

Wiener Neustadt Island

Wiener Neustadt Island (Russian: Остров Винер-Нёйштадт, Ostrov Viner-Neyshtadt, also Остров Винер-Нойштадт, Ostrov Viner-Noyshtadt) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russian Federation.

Map of Wiener Neustadt Island, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

Wiener Neustadt Island's area is 237 km² and it is almost completely glacierized. The highest point of this island, Peak Parnass, is 620 m, the highest in Franz Josef Land.

Wiener Neustadt Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. It is separated from Ziegler Island and Salisbury Island by the narrow Collinson Sound (Proliv Kollinsona).

This island was named after Wiener Neustadt, a town located south of Vienna, by the Payer-Weyprecht Austro-Hungarian Arctic expedition.

References

Wiener Neustadt Island Wikipedia