Ziegler Island

Ziegler Island

Russian: Остров Циглера
250px Location of the Zemlya Zichy subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. Ziegler Island lies roughly in its center.
Geography
Location	Arctic
Coordinates	(?)
Archipelago	Zichy Land in Franz Josef Land
Area
Highest elevation	554 m (1,818 ft)
Country
Russia
Demographics
Population	0

Ziegler Island (Russian: Остров Циглера; Ostrov Tsiglera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.

This island is 45 kilometres (28 miles) long, stretching from the NW to the SE. Its area is 448 square kilometres (173 square miles) and it is almost completely unglacierized. The highest point on Ziegler Island is 554 metres (1,818 feet). Ziegler Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago.

Adjacent islands

• Ostrov Ugol'noy Kopi is a round island wedged between Ziegler Island and Greely Island . It is about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) in diameter. Highest point 393 m (1,289 ft). Unglacierized. Ugol'noy Kopi is separated from Ziegler island by a 600-metre-narrow (660-yard) sound.

History

This island was named after New York businessman William Ziegler, leader of the 1901 Baldwin-Ziegler North Pole Expedition, on ships America, Fridtjof and Belgica, and of the 1903–1905 Ziegler-Fiala Polar Expedition. The Austrian observing site Payer–Weyprecht (probably ) was established around the start of the 20th century on this island.

View

Various islands of Franz Josef Land

See also

• List of islands of Russia
• William Barr, The First Cruise into the Soviet Arctic.

External links

• Island Names in Russian
• Arctic expeditions: [1]
• - Ziegler-Fiala Polar Expedition, 1903-1905