Kane Island (russian: Остров Кейна; Ostrov Keyna) is an island in
Franz Josef Land
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 in the Arctic Ocean. It is inhabited on ...
,
Arkhangelsk Oblast,
Russian Arctic
The Extreme North or Far North (russian: Крайний Север, Дальний Север) is a large part of Russia located mainly north of the Arctic Circle and boasting enormous mineral and natural resources. Its total area is about , ...
.
Geography
The largely unglacierised Kane island has a maximum altitude of . It is about in length, measured from north to south. The northeastern tip is called Cape Hellwald (Russian: мыс Гельвальда) while Cape Easter (Russian: мыс Пасхи) is in the southeast.
The island is located on the eastern side of the central
Zichy Land
Zichy Land (russian: Земля Зичи; ''Zemlya Zichy'') is a geographical subgroup of Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.
It is formed by the central cluster of large islands in the midst of the archipelago. The islands are separate ...
group within Franz Josef Land.
Kuhn Island
Kuhn Island ( da, Kuhn Ø) is a coastal island in Hochstetter Bay, eastern Greenland. There are coal deposits on the island.
The island was discovered by the Second German North Polar Expedition (1869-1870) and is named after Franz Kuhn von ...
and the small
Brosch Island are situated about to the northwest of Kane Island. All three islands are separated from the larger
Greely Island to the southwest by the Sternek Strait (Russian: пролив Штернека).
History
The island was discovered by the
Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition
The Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition was an Arctic expedition to find the North-East Passage that ran from 1872 to 1874 under the leadership of Julius Payer and Karl Weyprecht. The expedition discovered and partially explored Franz Josef La ...
. They first reached Cape Easter on 5 April 1874, Easter Sunday, during the second of
Julius Payer
Julius Johannes Ludovicus Ritter von Payer (2 September 1841, – 29 August 1915), ennobled Ritter von Payer in 1876, was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army, mountaineer, arctic explorer, cartographer, painter, and professor at the Ther ...
's sledge journeys. On the return journey from their northward trip, Payer climbed Cape Hellwald on 17 April, where he ascertained that the land in question was an island. He named the island after American Arctic explorer Dr.
Elisha Kent Kane
Elisha Kent Kane (February 3, 1820 – February 16, 1857) was a United States Navy medical officer and Arctic explorer. He served as assistant surgeon during Caleb Cushing's journey to China to negotiate the Treaty of Wangxia and in the Af ...
. Cape Hellwald was named after Austrian journalist
Friedrich von Hellwald
Friedrich von Hellwald (29 March 1842, in Padua, Italy – 1 November 1892, in Cannstatt, Germany) was an Austrian writer on geography and the history of civilization.
Biography
He was born at Padua. He entered the Austrian Army in 1858, and was ...
who had written several articles about the expedition.
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See also
* Franz Josef Land
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 in the Arctic Ocean. It is inhabited on ...
* List of islands of Russia
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
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References
External links
Kane Island (Ostrov Keyna) - Franz Josef Land
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www.franz-josef-land.info
Islands of Franz Josef Land
Uninhabited islands of Russia
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