Schmidt Island () is one of the islands of the
Severnaya Zemlya
Severnaya Zemlya (, ) is a archipelago in the Russian high Arctic. It lies off Siberia's Taymyr Peninsula, separated from the mainland by the Vilkitsky Strait. This archipelago separates two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Kara Sea i ...
group in the
Russia
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Arctic
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. It was named after Soviet scientist and first head of the
Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route
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History
The organiz ...
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Otto Schmidt. Located at the far northwestern end of Severnaya Zemlya, it lies slightly south of the
Arctic Cape on
Komsomolets Island
Komsomolets Island in Severnaya Zemlya
Komsomolets Island () is the northernmost island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic, and the third largest island in the group. It is the 82nd largest island on earth. About 65% of the is ...
. There is no tourism on the island except for scientists, military personnel, and a few explorers.
Geography
Schmidt Island is significantly detached from the rest of Severnaya Zemlya regarding the relative proximity of the other main islands to each other.
It measures and is almost entirely covered by the Schmidt Ice Cap. Owing to its exposed position, the climate in the Schmidt Island's area is much colder than in the rest of the archipelago.
[http://www.ggy.bris.ac.uk/staff/personal/MartinSiegert/Bassford_eal_AAAR_2006a.pdf ]
File:Schmidt-Insel 1 2014-09-01.jpg, Schmidt Island (Sewernaja Semlja, 81°12’N, 91°10‘E)
File:Schmidt-Insel 2 2014-09-01.jpg, The ice cap covering Schmidt Island
See also
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List of glaciers of Russia
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List of islands of Russia
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Schmidt Island, Oregon
References
External links
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Islands of the Kara Sea
Islands of Severnaya Zemlya
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