Ziegler Island

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Ziegler Island
Map of the Franz Josef Land
Map of the Franz Josef Land
Waters Arctic Ocean
Archipelago Franz Josef Land
Geographical location 81 ° 0 ′  N , 57 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 81 ° 0 ′  N , 57 ° 15 ′  E
Ziegler Island (Franz Josef Land)
Ziegler Island
length 45 km
width 15 km
surface 448 km²
Highest elevation 554  m
Residents uninhabited
Location of the Ziegler island in the center of the red-colored area
Location of the Ziegler island in the center of the red-colored area

The Ziegler Island ( Russian Остров Циглера ) is an uninhabited island in the arctic Franz Josef Land, which belongs to Russia .

geography

Satellite image (Ziegler Island in the upper center)

With an area of ​​448 km², the island is the eleventh largest in the archipelago. Its interior is almost completely covered with ice. The Ziegler Island is separated from its neighbors by straits that are only a few kilometers wide.

history

The south of the island was already sighted by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition in spring 1874. Julius von Payer considered them and their neighboring islands to be parts of a larger land mass, which he named "Zichy-Land" after a sponsor of his expedition. It was not until the Fiala-Ziegler Expedition 1903–1905 that the island's independence was recognized and mapped. It was named after the sponsor of this expedition, William Ziegler (1843–1905).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ United Nations Environment Program

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