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Ziegler Island

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Location
  
Arctic

Highest elevation
  
554 m (1,818 ft)

Elevation
  
554 m

Island group
  
Franz Josef Land

Coordinates
  
(?)

Population
  
0

Area
  
448 km²

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Archipelago
  
Zichy Land in Franz Josef Land

Ziegler Island (Russian: Остров Циглера; Ostrov Tsiglera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.

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Map of Ziegler Island, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia

This island is 45 kilometres (28 miles) long, stretching from the NW to the SE. Its area is 448 square kilometres (173 square miles) and it is almost completely unglacierized. The highest point on Ziegler Island is 554 metres (1,818 feet). Ziegler Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago.

Adjacent islands

  • Ostrov Ugol'noy Kopi is a round island wedged between Ziegler Island and Greely Island 80.9644°N 58.0461°E / 80.9644; 58.0461. It is about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) in diameter. Highest point 393 m (1,289 ft). Unglacierized. Ugol'noy Kopi is separated from Ziegler island by a 600-metre-narrow (660-yard) sound.

    • History

    This island was named after New York businessman William Ziegler, leader of the 1901 Baldwin-Ziegler North Pole Expedition, on ships America, Fridtjof and Belgica, and of the 1903–1905 Ziegler-Fiala Polar Expedition. The Austrian observing site Payer–Weyprecht (probably 81°06′N 56°11′E) was established around the start of the 20th century on this island.

    References

    Ziegler Island Wikipedia
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