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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 separate ...

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Ziegler Island (Russian: Остров Циглера; Ostrov Tsiglera) is an island in

Geography

This island is long, stretching from the NW to the SE. Its area is and it is almost completely unglacierized. The highest point on Ziegler Island is . Cape Brice (мыс Брайса) marks the northwestern corner. Cape Washington (мыс Вашингтона) lies in the very east. The southernmost point is called Cape Belousov (мыс Белоусова).

Adjacent islands

Ziegler Island is part of the

subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. Booth Channel (пролив Бута) separates it from Payer Island and Greely Island to the north.

Salisbury Island Salisbury Island may refer to: * Salisbury Island (California), United States * Salisbury Island (Nunavut), Canada *Salisbury Island (Russia) *Salisbury Island (Western Australia), Australia *Iona Island (New York), once known as Salisbury Island ...

lies across Rhodes Channel (пролив Родса) to the south. To the east, beyond Collinson Channel (пролив Коллинсона), is Wiener Neustadt Island. Ostrov Ugol'noy Kopi (остров Угольной Копи) or Coal Mine Island is a round island wedged between Ziegler Island and Greely Island at . It is about in diameter. The highest point of the unglacierized island is . Ugol'noy Kopi is separated from Ziegler Island by about .

History

The southeast of Ziegler Island was sighted by the

Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition The Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition was an Arctic expedition to find the North-East Passage that ran from 1872 to 1874 under the leadership of Julius Payer and Karl Weyprecht. The expedition discovered and partially explored Franz Josef La ...

in 1874. Co-expedition leader

Julius Payer Julius Johannes Ludovicus Ritter von Payer (2 September 1841, – 29 August 1915), ennobled Ritter von Payer in 1876, was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army, mountaineer, arctic explorer, cartographer, painter, and professor at the Ther ...

presumed that it was connected to the other islands of Zichy Land. The exploration done by the 1894-1897 Jackson-Harmsworth expedition reduced the supposed landmass of Zichy Land appearing on the maps considerably. Jackson sighted Ziegler Island from the northwest and named Cape Brice after , the expedition's secretary. The 1901-1902 Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition on ships ''America'', ''Frithjof'', and ''Belgica'' named Cape Washington and were the first to set foot on the island. In May 1902 ascertained that Ziegler Island was a distinct entity. He named the island after the expedition sponsor, New York businessman William Ziegler (industrialist), William Ziegler. Ziegler was also the sponsor behind the 1903–1905 Ziegler Polar Expedition, Ziegler-Fiala Polar Expedition that improved upon Baldwin's map. The Austrian observing site Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition, Payer–Weyprecht (probably ) was established around the start of the 20th century on this island.

References

External links

*:ru:Список островов России, Island Names in Russian *Arctic expeditions
Ziegler Island - Franz-Josef-Land
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www.franz-josef-land.info
{{Franz Josef Land Islands of Franz Josef Land Uninhabited islands of Russia

Geography

Adjacent islands

History

See also

References

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