Bruce Island (russian: text=Остров Брюса, translit=Ostrov Brjusa, italic=yes) 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 ...

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. Its area is . The highest point of the island is . This island was named after Henry Bruce, who succeeded the

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as President of the Royal Geographical Society. p. 18

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

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. The sound running west of Bruce Island, separating it from

Zemlya Georga Zemlya Georga, or Prince George Land (russian: Земля Георга; ''Zemlya Georga'', "George Land"), is the largest island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Arctic. Zemlya Georga was named by Frederick George Jackson after ...

, is known as the Nightingale Channel (Proliv Naytingeyl). To the southwest runs Bates Channel (Пролив Бейтса).

Adjacent Islands

* Ostrov Meybel ( Остров Мейбел; Mabel Island) lies off Bruce Island's southwestern shore. Large swathes of the southwestern part of the island are unglacierized. The highest point is . This island was named by

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after his niece Amable Ludlow (1860–1939). * 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 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. *Ostrov Uinduord (Остров Уиндуорд; Windward Island) is a small island lying close to Bruce Island's southeastern end. It was named by

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, after his expedition's ship. p. 506 *Ostrov Toma (Остров тома; Tom Island) is a very small island lying off Bruce Island's Eastern coast.

References

Islands of Franz Josef Land {{ArkhangelskOblast-geo-stub