Salisbury Island

Salisbury Island
	Map of the Franz Josef Land
Waters	Arctic Ocean
Archipelago	Franz Josef Land
Geographical location	80 ° 54 ' N , 56 ° 14' E Coordinates: 80 ° 54 ' N , 56 ° 14' E
surface	960 km²
Highest elevation	482 m
Residents	uninhabited
	Location of Salisbury Island

Salisbury Island:
glacier edge, in front of that MS Silver Explorer

Satellite image of Zichy Land with Salisbury Island

The Salisbury Island (Остров Солсбери; ostrow Solsberi) is an island of Archipelago Zichy country or Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Ocean . It belongs to the Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia . With an area of 960.0 km² it is the 40 largest island in Europe with a maximum height of 482 m.

Salisbury Island is separated from Ziegler Island and Wiener Neustadt Island by the narrow Rhodes Strait (проливом Родса; Proliw Rodsa). It was named after the American geologist Rollin D. Salisbury (1858-1922).

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