Jackson Island
Остров Джексона | |
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 Location of Jackson Island in the Franz Josef Archipelago. | |
  Jackson Island | |
| Geography | |
| Coordinates | title81°13′47″N56°37′44″E/ 81.2297222°N 56.6288889°E |
| Archipelago | Franz Josef Land |
| Area | 510 km2(200 sq mi) |
| Length | 40 km (25 mi) |
| Width | 30 km (19 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 481 m (1578 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Jackson Island(‹See Tfd›Russian:Остров Джексона,Ostrov Dzheksona) is an island located inFranz Josef Land,Arkhangelsk Oblast,Russian Federation.This island is part of theZichy Landsubgroup of the central part of the archipelago.
Geography
[edit]Jackson Island's east–west extension is about 40 km (25 mi), and the maximum distance from north to south is 30 km (19 mi).
On the northwest shore of the island isDe Long Bay.Named after ill-fated American Arctic explorerGeorge W. De Long,this bay separates the island into two almost even peninsulas. From the south, this bay is bounded byCape Bystrova,named in 1963 in honor of outstanding Russian paleontologistA.P. Bystrow.
Jackson Island is named in honor of English polar voyagerFrederick Jackson.He explored and named several islands, among other geographical features, in Franz Josef Land. TheJackson-Harmsworth Arctic Expedition(1894–1897) was sponsored by theRoyal Geographical Society.
History
[edit]Cape Norway(81°12′N55°37′E/ 81.200°N 55.617°E) on the western part of the island was whereFridtjof NansenandHjalmar Johansenwintered in 1895-96 after failing to reach theNorth Pole.A hut and a wooden post still remain.
Adjacent islands
[edit]- Alexander Islands(Острова Александра) is a group of small islands located right off the northwestern tip of Jackson Island, close to the shore.Sputnik Islandis located at lat 81° 21' N; long 55° 35' E. This island group might have been named after Field MarshalAlexander von Krobatin(1849–1933), a supporter of theAustro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition,who served asAustria-Hungary's Minister of War from 1912 to 1917. However the connection to the Austro-Hungarian expedition is dubious, as these islands were only discovered by Nansen in 1895.[1]The maps of the Austro-Hungarian expedition make it clear that they could not see far into Back's Strait, leaving the Alexander Islands out of their view.[2]It is also possible that Nansen named this island after his brother,Alexander Nansen[nn],considering he named other islands for his wife, daughter, mother, and friend, respectively. These small islands should not be confused withAlexandra Landlocated westwards in the same archipelago.
- Ommanney Island(Остров Оммани) is a small crescent-shaped island located 11 km (6.8 mi) off the northwestern tip of Jackson Island. This island was named after Arctic veteran SirErasmus Ommanney,who went in 1850 on theAustin and Ommaney Expedition,searching forSir John Franklin.[3]
- Harley Island(Остров Харли) is a 10 km (6.2 mi) long and narrow island. It lies 15 km (9.3 mi) off Jackson Island's western shores. Highest point 82 m (269 ft). This island is named after Scottish physicianGeorge Harley(1829–96).[4]
- Levanevsky Island(Остров Леваневского) is a small island just 1 km (0.62 mi) south of Harley Island's southern tip. This island was named in honor of Soviet pilotSigismund Levanevsky,sometimes called the "Russian Lindbergh", who was lost in the Arctic in 1937-38 and whose remains have not been found.
- Kling Island(Остров Клинг) is a small island lying 4 km (2.5 mi) to the west of Jackson Island's southwestern tip. This island was named after Captain Alfred Kling who took part in theWilhelm Filchner1911-1912 German expedition to the Antarctic.
- Nich Island(Остров Нич) is a small island located in the De Long Bay.
- Off Jackson Island's eastern shore lie two small islands calledMagee Islands(Острова Макги). These were named afterBilly Mageewho accompaniedErnest Oberholtzerin his epic 1912 3,000-mile (4,800 km) Arctic exploration trip.
- Querini Island(Остров Кверини) is an island located by the shore in the bay that lies on Jackson Island's southern coast. This island is named after Italian explorerFrancesco Queriniwho heroically lost his life in the Cegni polar expedition of 1909.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Nansen, Fridtjof(1897).Farthest North, Volume II.London: Archibald Constable & Co. pp. 380f, footnote 19.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^"Map of Franz Josef Land from a Survey by Julius Payer" inPayer, Julius (1875)."The Austro-Hungarian Polar Expedition of 1872-4".The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London.45:1–19.doi:10.2307/1798702.Retrieved27 December2020.
- ^Erasmus Ommanney
- ^Харли (Harley) Джордж (12.02.1829 - 27.10.1896)
External links
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Media related toJackson Islandat Wikimedia Commons- Map of Jackson Island (in Russian). Red arrow indicates the position of Cap Bystrova.
- (in Russian)Arctic exploration
