Albert Edward Island

Jackson's Map of Franz Josef Lands with Alfred Harmsworth Island and Albert Edward Island (1898)

Albert-Eduard-Insel (also: Albert-Eduard-Land , Albert-Edward-Insel ) is the name of a phantom island in the Franz-Joseph-Land archipelago . She was sighted during the Jackson Harmsworth Expedition (1894-1897) northwest of Prince George Land and named after the then British heir to the throne and later King (Albert) Edward VII .

In 1931 the crew of the airship LZ 127 "Graf Zeppelin" chartered by the Aeroarctic was able to prove that the island - like Harmsworth Island - does not exist, since no land could be seen at its traditional position as far as the horizon. As a result, she disappeared from the maps.

Individual evidence

^ Lincoln Ellsworth , Edward H. Smith: Report of the Preliminary Results of the Aeroarctic Expedition with "Graf Zeppelin." 1931. In: Geographical Review. Volume 22, No. 1, January 1932, pp. 61–82, here p. 66 ( PDF; 2.1 MB ).

81.3 49.216666666667Coordinates: 81 ° N , 49 ° E

[1] Lincoln Ellsworth , Edward H. Smith: Report of the Preliminary Results of the Aeroarctic Expedition with "Graf Zeppelin." 1931. In: Geographical Review. Volume 22, No. 1, January 1932, pp. 61–82, here p. 66 ( PDF; 2.1 MB ).