Payer Island
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Payer Island (Russian: Ostrov Payera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. Its area is 160 km².
Payer Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago.
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.
[edit] Adjacent islands
Very close to Payer Island, off its easternmost point, lie some small islands:
- Stoliczka Island (Остров Столичка), the double 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.
[edit] References
- Franz Josef Land
- [1]
- Historical data
- Russian names: [2]
 |
This Northwestern Russia location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
