Payer Island

Payer Island
Native name: <span class="nickname" ">oстров Пайера
Location of the Zemlya Zichy subgroup in Franz Josef Land
Payer Island
Geography
Location	Arctic Ocean
Coordinates	80°35′N 60°30′E / 80.58°N 60.5°E / 80.58; 60.5
Archipelago	Franz Josef Land
Area	151 km² (58 sq mi)
Length	20 km (12 mi)
Width	12.5 km (7.77 mi)
Highest elevation	452 m (1,483 ft)
Highest point	Kupol Frolova
Administration
Russia
Oblast	Arkhangelsk Oblast
Demographics
Population	0

Payer Island (Russian: oстров Пайера, ostrov Payera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.

This island was named after Julius Johannes Ludovicus von Payer an Austro-Hungarian arctic explorer and an Arctic landscape artist, one of the leaders of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition.

Geography

Payer Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. Its area is 151 km² and it lies to the SE of Jackson Island. The headland at the northern end is Mys Nordik.^[1] The center of the island is covered by an ice dome named Kupol Frolova (Купол Фролова). Its highest point reaches 452 m (1,483 ft).^[2]

Adjacent islands

Very close to Payer Island, off its easternmost point, lie some small islands:

Stoliczka Island (Остров Столичка), the island farther offshore, is the site of a large walrus rookery. Lat 81° 11′ N, long 58° 16′ E. This island was named after Moravian paleontologist Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838–1874) by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition.
Apollo Island (Ostrov Apollonova) lies in the sound between Stoliczka and Payer Island. It is only 500 m across.
Milovzorov Rocks (Рифы Миловзорова), rocks awash located off the NE shore of Payer Island.

Bibliography

Clements R. Markham, The Lands of Silence

References

↑ "Ostrov Payyera". Mapcarta. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
↑ Kupol Frolova - Map, Weather and Photos - Russia

External links

Franz Josef Land

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History	Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition Nansen's Fram expedition Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition Jason Ziegler Polar Expedition Yermak Bratvaag Expedition Malygin

Outposts	Ernst Krenkel Observatory Nagurskoye

Geography	Austrian Strait Cape Bystrova Cape Fligely Cape Kohlsaat Cape Mary Harmsworth Queen Victoria Sea Russian Arctic National Park

Coordinates: 81°09′N 57°30′E / 81.150°N 57.500°E / 81.150; 57.500

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