Greely Island () 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 ...

Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast ( rus, Архангельская область, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz ...

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. This island was named after American Arctic explorer

Adolphus Greely Adolphus Washington Greely (March 27, 1844 – October 20, 1935) was a United States Army officer and polar explorer. He attained the rank of major general and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor. A native of Newburyport, Massachusetts, ...

Geography

Greely Island's area is and it is almost completely

glacierized A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires d ...

. Greely Island is part of the

Zichy Land Zichy Land (; ''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 separated from each other by narrow ...

subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. It is separated from Ziegler Island by a narrow sound.

Adjacent Islands

Kuhn Island

Kuhn Island Kuhn Island () 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 Kuhnenfeld, ...

(Russian: Остров Куна, ''Ostrov Kuna'') is a large island with unglacierized shores lying off Greely Island's northern coastline. It has a maximum height of .

Brosch Island

Just south of Kuhn Island lies the small Brosch Island (Russian: Остров Брош, ''Ostrov Brosh'') with a maximum height of . This island was named after Gustav Brosch, a naval lieutenant from

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in the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition.

Kane Island

Kane Island (Russian: Остров Кейна, ''Ostrov Keyna'') is another large partly unglacierized island lying off Greely Island's northeastern shore, southeast of Kuhn Island and separated from it by a narrow sound. It has a maximum height of . Kane Island was named 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 A ...

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Frozen Franz Josef Land - NASA Earth Observatory

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Islands of Franz Josef Land Uninhabited islands of Russia {{ArkhangelskOblast-geo-stub