Alger Island (Russian: ''Остров Алджер''; ''Ostrov Aldzher'') is an island in
Franz Josef Land
Franz Josef Land () is a Russian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. It is inhabited only by military personnel. It constitutes the northernmost part of Arkhangelsk Oblast and consists of 192 islands, which cover an area of , stretching from east ...
,
Russia
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. Lat 80° 22′ N, long 56° 03′ E.
Geography
The length of Alger Island is and its maximum width . Its highest point is the high summit of the Kupol Vostok Pervyy (Купол Восток Первый)
ice dome
Glacier morphology, or the form a glacier takes, is influenced by temperature, precipitation, topography, and other factors. The goal of glacial morphology is to gain a better understanding of glaciated landscapes and the way they are shaped. T ...
that covers part of the island. There are wide unglaciated areas on the northern and the southwestern shores.
Alger Island is located north of
McClintock Island, separated from it by a narrow sound.
Off Alger Island's southwestern shores lies Ostrov Matil'dy (Остров Матильды), a very small, barely long, island.
History
The island was discovered in 1899 by
Walter Wellman on board the ''Capella''. He named it after
U.S. Secretary of War
The secretary of war was a member of the U.S. president's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration. A similar position, called either "Secretary at War" or "Secretary of War", had been appointed to serve the Congress of the C ...
Russell A. Alger who had donated $250 to Wellman's expedition.
The wintering site of the 1901 failed American Baldwin-Ziegler North Pole Expedition was on Alger Island.
See also
*
List of islands of Russia
This is a list of islands of Russia. It includes all islands in Russia with an area greater than and some of the more significant minor islands.
* Aleksandry, Franz Josef Land
* Atlasov Island, Kuril Islands
* Ayon
* Belkovsky, New Sib ...
*
List of glaciers in Russia
This is a list of glaciers in Russia. It includes glaciers, ice caps and ice domes located in the Russian Federation.
List of glaciers and ice caps
Ice caps
* Academy of Sciences Glacier () – Severnaya Zemlya. Largest single ice formatio ...
References
External links
UNEP - Islands
* Names in Russian:
:ru:Список островов России
Islands of Franz Josef Land
Uninhabited islands of Russia
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