Heiberg Islands
| Heiberg Islands | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
||
| Waters | Kara Sea | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 40 ′ N , 101 ° 27 ′ E | |
|
||
| Number of islands | 4th | |
| Main island | Ostrov Vostochny | |
| Total land area | 12.5 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
 |
||
The Heiberg Islands ( Russian Острова Гейберга; Острова Акселя Гейберга , Ostrowa Geiberga ) are an archipelago in the Kara Sea off the north coast of Russia . The four uninhabited islands are located at the eastern entrance of Wilkizkistraße , 35 to 45 km from the mainland. Administratively, the archipelago belongs to the Krasnoyarsk Territory . The group received its name as part of the Fram expedition by Fridtjof Nansen as a thank you to the Norwegian businessman Axel Heiberg , one of the private donors of the trip.
The islands are part of the Great Arctic Sapovednik Nature Reserve . They are home to a breeding colony of the rare ivory gull .
In 1940, a meteorological station was set up on the eastern island of the group (Ostrow Wostotschny) to facilitate navigation on the Northeast Passage . After the end of the Soviet Union , the station was abandoned and is now in ruins.
The individual islands from north to south:
| No. | island | Name meaning | Area km² |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ostrov Sapadny | Western island | 4.1 |
| 2 | Ostrov Severny | Northern island | 0.2 |
| 3 | Ostrow Sredny | Central island | 5.2 |
| 4th | Ostrov Vostochny | Eastern island | 3.0 |
| Ostrowa Geiberga | Heiberg Islands | 12.5 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Биологи из экспедиции "Арктика-2008" открыли крупную колонию редкого вида белой (on August 20, 2012). Retrieved August 20, 2012. Russian
Web links
- Description of the islands (Russian)
- The Great Arctic State Nature Reserve - Website about the Great Arctic Sapowednik ( Memento from August 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Topographic map