Location Arctic Ocean Highest elevation 606 m (1,988 ft) Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast Area 2,203 km² | Archipelago Franz Josef Land Highest point Wüllerstorf Mountains Elevation 606 m Island group Franz Josef Land | |
 | ||
Wilczek Land (Russian: Земля Вильчека; Zemlya Vil'cheka, German: Wilczek-Land), is a large island located at 80.58°N 60.5°E / 80.58; 60.5. It is part of Franz Josef Land, Russia.
Contents
- Map of Wilczek Land Arkhangelsk Oblast Russia
- History
- Geography
- Glaciers and ice domes
- Adjacent minor islands
- References
Map of Wilczek Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
History
This large island is named after Austro-Hungarian Count Johann Nepomuk Wilczek. Count Hans Wilczek was the most important sponsor of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition to Franz Josef Land.
Cape Geller (80°46′N 59°36′E) was the wintering site for two members of the 1899 Welle Expedition waiting for their team's return from the pole.
This island should not be confused with the small Wilczek Island, "Остров Вильчека", located south-west of Salm Island, also in the Franz Josef group and named after the same person.
Geography
Wilczek Land is the second largest island of the Franz Josef Archipelago. It is almost completely glacierized except for two narrow areas along its western shores. The highest point on the island is 606 metres (1,988 feet).
Cape Ganza (Mys Ganza) is Wilczek Land's westernmost cape. The channel to the west, between Wilczek Land and Gallya, is known as Avstriyskyy Proliv (Австрийский пролив).
Glaciers and ice domes
The Kupol Arktirazvedki (Купол Арктиразведки) ice dome covers the northeastern part of the island. On the western side of the Arktirazvedki ice dome there are two glaciers, the Stremitelny Glacier (Lednik Stremitel’nyy) "Rushing Glacier", west of which flows the Molochny Glacier (Lednik Molochnyy) "Milky Glacier", both having their terminus in the northern shore.
Further to the south the Kupol Tindalya (Купол Тиндаля) ice dome, named after Irish glaciologist John Tyndall, covers the eastern central area of the island. To the southwest of it flows the Znamenity Glacier (Lednik Znamenityy), which has its terminus in the southern coast, east of the "Cloudy Dome" Kupol Oblachnyy (Купол Облачный) ice dome located at the southern end of the island.