geo.wikisort.org - IslandBruce Island (Russian: Остров Брюса, romanized: Ostrov Brjusa) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. Its area is 191 square kilometres (74 sq mi). The highest point of the island is 301 metres (988 ft).[1]
Island in Franz Josef Land, Russia
This article is about an island in the Russian Arctic. For the island in the Canadian Arctic, see
Bruce Island (Nunavut).
Bruce Island |
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Location in the Franz Josef Archipelago. |
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Location | Arctic |
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Coordinates | 80°03′N 50°00′E |
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Archipelago | Franz Josef Archipelago |
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Area | 191 km2 (74 sq mi) |
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Highest elevation | 301 m (988 ft) |
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Population | 0 |
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This island was named after Henry Bruce, who succeeded the Earl of Northbrook as President of the Royal Geographical Society.[2]
Geography
Except for a very small area at the western shoreline, Bruce Island is completely glacierized. Mys Pinegina is the headland on the eastern side.
The Miers Channel (Пролив Майерса) runs between Bruce Island and Northbrook Island. The sound running west of Bruce Island, separating it from Zemlya Georga, is known as the Nightingale Channel (Proliv Naytingeyl). To the southwest runs Bates Channel (Пролив Бейтса).[3]
Adjacent Islands
- Ostrov Meybel (Остров Мейбел; Mabel Island) lies 4 km (2 mi) off Bruce Island's southwestern shore. Large swathes of the southwestern part of the island are unglacierized. The highest point is 365 m (1,198 ft). This island was named by Benjamin Leigh Smith after his niece Amable Ludlow (1860–1939).[4]
- Ostrov Bell (Остров Белл; Bell Island) is a smaller non glacierized island lying off Mabel Island's southwestern shore, separated from it by a narrow sound which is only 500 m (1,640 ft) in some places. Bell island is crescent shaped and it has a bay that opens to the west. Benjamin Leigh Smith named it thus because it looks like a bell. Bell was also the nickname of his sister Isabella.[2]
- Ostrov Uinduord (Остров Уиндуорд; Windward Island) is a small island lying close to Bruce Island's southeastern end. It was named by Frederick George Jackson, after his expedition's ship.[5]
- Ostrov Toma (Остров тома; Tom Island) is a very small island lying 3 km (1.9 mi) off Bruce Island's Eastern coast.
References
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Geography |
- Austrian Strait
- British Channel
- Cape Bystrova
- Cape Fligely
- Cape Kohlsaat
- Cape Mary Harmsworth
- Markham Sound
- Queen Victoria Sea
- Russian Arctic National Park
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History |
- Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition
- Nansen's Fram expedition
- Jackson–Harmsworth expedition
- Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition
- Ziegler Polar expedition
- Bratvaag expedition
- Malygin
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На других языках
[de] Bruce-Insel
Die Bruce-Insel (russisch Остров Брюса, Ostrow Brjussa) ist eine unbewohnte Insel des zu Russland gehörenden arktischen Franz-Josef-Lands.
- [en] Bruce Island
[fr] Île Bruce
L'île Bruce (en russe : Остров Брюса) est une île de la terre François-Joseph, en Russie.
[it] Isola di Bruce
L'isola di Bruce (in russo Остров Брюса, ostrov Brjusa) è un'isola russa che fa parte dell'arcipelago della Terra di Francesco Giuseppe, nell'Oceano Artico. Amministrativamente fa parte dell'oblast' di Arcangelo. È disabitata.
[ru] Остров Брюса
О́стров Брю́са — западный остров архипелага Земля Франца-Иосифа. Площадь острова 191 км², наивысшая точка — 301 метр. Административно относится к Приморскому району Архангельской области России.
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