Hayes Island,
also known as Heiss Island (russian: Остров Хейса, translit=Ostrov Kheysa) is an island in
Franz Josef Land
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Russia
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.
It is located in the central area of the archipelago, north of
Hall Island, between
Champ Island
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and
Wilczek Land
Wilczek Land (russian: Земля Вильчека; , german: Wilczek-Land), is an island in the Arctic Ocean at . It is the second-largest island in Franz Josef Land, in Arctic Russia.
This island should not be confused with the small Wilczek I ...
. Its area is 132 km
2.
Hayes island is almost unglacierized, having only a small ice-cap off its centre by its northern shore. Highest point 242 m.
The strait to the south of Hayes Island is known as
Markham Sound
Markham Sound ( ru , пролив Маркама) is a strait in the eastern part of the Franz Josef Land archipelago in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It was first reported and named in 1874 by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition. The name ...
( ru , пролив Маркама), which narrows down to only 5 km at this point.
On the east lies a strait known as Avstriyskiy proliv, beyond which lie the smaller Komsomol Islands. 7 km wide Proliv Yermak in the north, separates Hayes Island from the
Zichy Land
Zichy Land (russian: Земля Зичи; ''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 separat ...
subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago.
The cape on the southwestern shore of Hayes island is called Cape Ostantsovy.
History
Kheysa, a now abandoned
Soviet
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rocket launch
A rocket (from it, rocchetto, , bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to Acceleration, accelerate without using the surrounding Atmosphere of Earth, air. A rocket engine produces thrust by Reaction (physics), reaction to exhaust ...
ing site, was located on this island.
Now Hayes Island is home to the Krenkel hydrometeorological station (80°37′ N, 58°03′ E).
This island (including the Komsomol Islands) was originally named after veteran Arctic explorer
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, actor, songwriter, and composer. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songw ...
, who undertook a historical Polar expedition in 1850. The other island's name in English is Heiss Island, because German cartographers Germanized its name after transliterating from the Russian to the corrupted name "Heiss" (meaning "hot" in German).
Adjacent islands
*7 km to the east of Hayes Island's eastern shore lie the Komsomol Islands (Острова Комсомольские; Ostrova Komsomolskiye). They consist of a 7 km-long triangular island and two very small islets off its northern cape. This island group was named after the Soviet time
Komsomol
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
s.
*There is a 1.2 km long islet located off a small bay west of Hayes Island's northeastern cape.
Climate
Hayes Island is in the transition zone between a
tundra climate
The tundra climate is a polar climate sub-type located in high latitudes and high mountains. undra climate https://www.britannica.com/science/tundra-climateThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2019 It is classified as ET according to Köppen ...
(
ET) and an
ice cap climate
An ice cap climate is a polar climate where no mean monthly temperature exceeds . The climate covers areas in or near the high latitudes (65° latitude) to polar regions (70–90° north and south latitude), such as Antarctica, some of the northe ...
(EF) technically falling into the former due to above freezing averages in July and August but below freezing low temperatures year round. It's a frigid and unforgiving land with nonexistent summers and winters which last year round. Hayes has a very cloudy climate, with 8 months of the year receiving little to no sunshine. Although snow is more common year round, it can rain from June through October.
References
* Location
* Meteorology
* On the (sometimes bewildering) spelling of Russian geographical names
* Hayes Island on Fridtjof Nansen's map
* Arctic Expeditions
External links
* Location
Kheysa* Pictures of Hayes Island
* Polar Marine Geosurveys
* Ages and types of rocks in Hole Hayes-1 drilled in Hayes Island
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Islands of Franz Josef Land
Uninhabited islands of Russia