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Zichy Land (russian: Земля Зичи; ''Zemlya Zichy'') is a geographical subgroup of

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,

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. It is formed by the central cluster of large islands in the midst of the archipelago. The islands are separated from each other by narrow sounds that are frozen most of the year, forming a compact whole. This island group was named after Hungarian Count Ödön Zichy (1811-1894) who was, beside

Count Johann Nepomuk Wilczek Count Johann (Hans) Nepomuk Wilczek (german: Hans Graf Wilczek; 7 December 1837 – 27 January 1922) was an Austrian arctic explorer and patron of the arts. He was the main sponsor of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition in 1872–74. L ...

, the second highest sponsor for 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 L ...

to Franz Josef Land.

Geography

The broad channel to the southwest of Zichy Land is known as Markham Sound or Markham Channel (russian: Пролив маркама; Proliv Markama), after the British polar explorer Admiral Sir

Albert Hastings Markham Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham (11 November 1841 – 28 October 1918) was a British List of polar explorers, explorer, author, and officer in the Royal Navy. In 1903 he was invested as a Knight Commander of the Orde ...

. The northernmost point of Zichy Land is

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on Karl-Alexander Island and its southernmost point is

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Champ Island , native_name = , native_name_link = , image_name = Сферолит на острове Чамп.jpg , image_caption = Landscape of the island with a concretion. , image_size = , map_image = Kara sea ZFJCH.PNG ...

. The distance between the two comprises .

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in Luigi Island is the westernmost point of the subgroup. The highest point is high

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located on

Wiener Neustadt Island Wiener Neustadt Island (russian: Остров Винер-Нёйштадт, ''Ostrov Viner-Neyshtadt'', also Остров Винер-Нойштадт, ''Ostrov Viner-Noyshtadt'') is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russian Federation. History This i ...

.JSTOR - A Note on the Geography of Franz Josef Land
The channels separating the islands in the southeastern area of the group are very narrow.

Islands

The individual islands forming the Zemlya Zichy archipelago are (from North to south): * Karl-Alexander Island *

Rainer Island Rainer Island or Rainier Island (Остров Райнера; ''Ostrov Raynyera'') is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. Lat. 81° 42' N; long 59° 00' E. Geography Rainer Island has a roughly round shape, with a diameter of . Its area is a ...

* Jackson Island * Payer Island * Greely Island * Brosch Island (Kuna Island) * Kane Island *

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Salisbury Island Salisbury Island may refer to: * Salisbury Island (California), United States * Salisbury Island (Nunavut), Canada * Salisbury Island (Russia) *Salisbury Island (Western Australia), Australia *Iona Island (New York) Iona Island is a island of the ...

* Luigi Island *

References

External links

Islands UNEP
* Historical data
(in Russian)
Archipelagoes of Arkhangelsk Oblast Archipelagoes of the Arctic Ocean Islands of Franz Josef Land Zichy family {{ArkhangelskOblast-geo-stub

Geography

Islands

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