![]() ![]() Moving down to the coastal region, where the ice disappears, many lakes and ponds are seen. As a result the reindeer population has not survived in these islands. Air borne radar measurements have recorded an ice layer of 400 metres (1,300 ft) in Graham Bell and Hall Islands the thick ice cover on the islands is a phenomenon of the last 1000 years. There are multiple icebergs, with limited length of less than 400 metres (1,300 ft) and some of them are similar to the Antarctic tabular iceberg. The islands are covered with glaciers to the extent of 85%, with no land breaks, and the land area of all the islands is only about 20%, with a coastline measuring 4,425 kilometres (2,750 mi). The general lie of the land is in the elevation range between 300 metres (980 ft) in the north and 600 metres (2,000 ft) in the south with Wilczek Land forming the highest land mass at an elevation of 670 metres (2,200 ft). There are flat mountains in the range of 400–490 metres (1,310–1,610 ft) above sea level. They extend over a length of 234 kilometres (145 mi) in the north–south direction and 350 kilometres (220 mi) in the east–west direction. The group's 191 islands measure 16,135 square kilometres (6,230 sq mi). The archipelago is located at the nearest about 900 kilometres (560 mi) from the North Pole, far beyond the Polar Circle. Landforms Cannonball concretion (spherical rocks) on Champ Island, Franz Josef Land In 1994, it was declared the Sakasnik Nature Reserve covering an area of 42,000 square kilometres (16,000 sq mi) including area of the sea surrounding the land but with restricted entry only on special permit which is not given easily out of this area, 50 square kilometres (19 sq mi) area around the military base of Nagurskoye on the Alexandra Land is totally out of bounds. The central cluster of large islands in the midst of the archipelago forms a compact whole, known as Zichy Land, where islands are separated from each other by very narrow sounds that are frozen most of the year.ĭuring the period 19 Franz Josef Land also known in Russian as Zemlya Franca Josepha became a part of the Soviet Union and is included under the Arkhangelsk Oblast. The highest point in the archipelago is on Ostrov Viner-Neyshtadt ( Wiener Neustadt Island) which reaches 620 m (2,034 ft) above sea level. The largest island is Zemlya Georga (George Land) which measures 110 km (68 mi) from end to end. The archipelago is only 900 to 1,110 km (560 to 690 miles) from the North Pole, and the northernmost islands are closer to the Pole than any other land except for Canada's Ellesmere Island and Greenland. The archipelago consists of 191 ice-covered islands with a total area of 16,134 km 2 (6,229 sq mi). ![]() The extreme northernmost point is Cape Fligely on Rudolf Island. At latitudes between 80.0° and 81.9° north, it is the most northerly group of islands associated with Eurasia. It is situated in the Barents Sea of the Arctic, north of Novaya Zemlya and east of Svalbard. The Geography of Franz Josef Land refers to an island group belonging to Arkhangelsk Oblast of Russia. ![]() Today is highlighted.įranz Josef Land has midnight sun in August.Location of Franz Josef Land Map of Franz Josef Land Northbrook Island Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. * All times are local time for Franz Josef Land.
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