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Graham Bell Island
Graham Bell Island (russian: Остров Греэм-Белл, ''Ostrov Greem-Bell'') is an island in the Franz Josef Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, and is administratively part of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Geography Graham Bell Island is one of the largest islands of the group. It lies east of Wilczek Land, separated from it by a narrow sound known as Morgan Sound (Пролив Моргана; Proliv Morgana). It is also the easternmost island of Franz Josef Land. Cape Kohlsaat, the easternmost point of the archipelago at 81°14′N, 65°10′E, lies on Graham Bell Island's eastern shore. Cape Kohlsaat marks the northwesternmost corner of the Kara Sea and is a significant geographical landmark, and it is partly glacierized. The highest point of Graham Bell Island, , is the summit of ''Kupol Vetrenyy'' (Купол Ветреный) "Windy Dome", a large ice dome covering the western part of the island. This island was named after inventor Alexander Graham Bell. Graham ...
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Franz Josef Archipelago
, native_name = , image_name = Map of Franz Josef Land-en.svg , image_caption = Map of Franz Josef Land , image_size = , map_image = Franz Josef Land location-en.svg , map_caption = Location of Franz Josef Land , nickname = , location = Arctic Ocean , coordinates = , archipelago = , total_islands = 192 , major_islands = , area_km2 = 16134 , length_km = , width_km = , highest_mount = Wilczek Land , elevation_m = 670 , population = 0 , population_as_of = 2017 , density_km2 = , ethnic_groups = , country = , country_admin_divisions_title = Federal subject , country_admin_divisions = Arkhangelsk Oblast , additional_info = Franz Josef Land, Frantz Iosef Land, Franz Joseph Land or Francis Joseph's Land ( rus, Земля́ Фра́нца-Ио́сифа, r=Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa, no, Fridtjof Nansen Land) is a Russian archipelago ...
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