Alger Island, Russia
Alger Island (Russian: Остров Алджер; Ostrov Aldzher) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. Lat 80° 22′ N, long 56° 03′ E.
Geography
The length of Alger Island is 10 km (6.2 mi) and its maximum width 4.7 km (2.9 mi). Its highest point is the 429 m (1,407 ft) high summit of the Kupol Vostok Pervyy (Купол Восток Первый) ice dome that covers part of the island.[1] There are wide unglaciated areas on the northern and the southwestern shores.
Alger Island is located north of McClintock Island, separated from it by a 2 km (1.2 mi) narrow sound.
Off Alger Island's southwestern shores lies Ostrov Matil'dy (Остров Матильды), a very small, barely 1 km (0.62 mi) long, island.
80°23′N 56°00′E / 80.383°N 56.000°E / 80.383; 56.000
History
The island was discovered in 1899 by Walter Wellman on board the Capella. He named it after U.S. Secretary of War Russell A. Alger who had donated $250 to Wellman's expedition.[2]
The wintering site of the 1901 failed American Baldwin-Ziegler North Pole Expedition was on Alger Island.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Kupol Vostok Pervyy: Russia
- ^ Capelotti, Peter Joseph; Forsberg, Magnus (2015). "The place names of Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa: the Wellman polar expedition, 1898–1899". Polar Record. 51 (261): 624–636. doi:10.1017/S0032247414000801. p. 630
- ^ Capelotti, Peter Joseph (2016). The greatest show in the Arctic: the American exploration of Franz Josef Land, 1898-1905. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 257. ISBN 978-0-8061-5222-6.
External links
- UNEP - Islands Archived 2013-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Names in Russian: ru:Список островов России
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