Salisbury Island (Russia)
Остров Солсбери | |
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 View of Cape Fischer | |
 Location in the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Arctic |
| Coordinates | 80°55′N56°08′E/ 80.917°N 56.133°E |
| Archipelago | Zichy Land,Franz Josef Archipelago |
| Highest elevation | 482 m (1581 ft) |
| Highest point | Unnamed |
| Administration | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Salisbury Island,(Russian:Остров Солсбери;Ostrov Solsberi) is an island located in the central area ofFranz Josef Land,Russia.
Geography
[edit]Salisbury Island is relatively large and long, having a surface of 960 km2.Its highest point is 482 m and practically the entire surface of the island is glacierized.
Salisbury Island is part of theZichy Landsubgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. It has very little open sea around it, being wedged betweenLuigi IslandandChamp Islandon its southwestern shores,Ziegler Islandin the northeast andWiener Neustadt Islandin the east.
The island was named byFrederick George Jacksonduring his 1894–1897 expedition.[1]A possible source for the name is geology professorRollin D. Salisbury(1858-1922), of theUniversity of Chicago.Salisbury was second-in-command on thePearyrelief expedition.[citation needed]It is also possible that Jackson named the island afterLord Salisbury.
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Adjacent Islands
[edit]- Elisabeth Island(Остров Елизаветы; Ostrov Yelizavety) is a 5 km long oval-shaped island lying 7 km off Salisbury Island's northwestern end. Unglacierized; highest point 121 m. Frederick George Jackson named this island after his mother, Mary Elizabeth Jackson.[2]
- Ostrova Kuchina(Острова Кучина). These are two very small islets off Salisbury Island's northeastern coast; one of them is very close to the shore. They were named after Russian Arctic explorerAlexander Kuchin,the only Russian onAmundsen’s expedition to theSouth Poleon theFram.Kuchin was lost inVladimir Rusanov's ill-fated expedition fromSpitsbergenon shipGerkulesin 1912.
References
[edit]- ^"Salisbury Insel (Остров Солсбери, Ostrov Solsberi) - Franz Josef Land".franz-josef-land.info.Retrieved10 January2021.
- ^Jackson, Frederick George (1899).A Thousand Days in the Arctic.New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 265.ISBN978-1-108-04164-5.Retrieved10 January2021.
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- Islands - Unep
- Rollin D. Salisbury
- Names in Russian:ru:Список островов России
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