Alger Island, Russia

Island in Franz Josef Land, Russia

For other uses, see Alger Island.

Alger Island

Russian: Остров Алджер

Alger Island

Location of the Franz Josef Archipelago.

Geography
Location| Arctic
Coordinates| 80°23′N 56°00′E﻿ / ﻿80.383°N 56.000°E﻿ / 80.383; 56.000
Archipelago| Franz Josef Archipelago
Length| 10 km (6 mi)
Width| 4.7 km (2.92 mi)
Highest elevation| 429 m (1407 ft)
Highest point| Kupol Vostok Pervyy
Administration

Russia

Demographics
Population| 0

Alger Island (Russian: Остров Алджер; Ostrov Aldzher) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. Lat 80° 22′ N, long 56° 03′ E.

## Geography

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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

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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

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* List of islands of Russia
* List of glaciers in Russia

## References

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1. ^ Kupol Vostok Pervyy: Russia
2. ^ 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
3. ^ 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

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* UNEP - Islands Archived 2013-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
* Names in Russian: ru:Список островов России

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Franz Josef Land

Geography|

* Austrian Strait
* British Channel
* Cape Bystrova
* Cape Fligely
* Cape Kohlsaat
* Cape Mary Harmsworth
* Markham Sound
* Queen Victoria Sea
* Russian Arctic National Park

History|

* Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition
* Nansen's Fram expedition
* Jackson–Harmsworth expedition
* Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition
* Ziegler Polar expedition
* Bratvaag expedition
* Malygin

Islands|

* Adelaide
* Alexandra Land
* Alger
* Arthur
* Becker
* Belaya Zemlya
* Bell
* Berghaus
* Bliss
* Brady
* Brice
* Bromwich
* Brosch
* Brownian Islands
* Bruce Island
* Champ
* Eaton
* Etheridge Islands
* Eva-Liv
* Freeden
* Geddes
* Gogenloe
* Graham Bell
* Greely
* Hall
* Harley
* Hayes
* Hochstetter Islands
* Hofmann
* Hooker
* Jackson
* Jefferson
* Kane
* Karl-Alexander
* Koetlitz
* Koldewey
* Kuhn
* La Ronciere
* Lamont
* Leigh-Smith
* Luigi
* Lütke Island
* Mabel
* May
* McClintock
* Nansen
* Newcomb
* Northbrook
* Payer
* Prince George
* Pritchet
* Querini
* Rainer
* Royal Society
* Rudolf
* Salisbury
* Salm
* Schönau
* Scott-Keltie
* Wiener Neustadt
* Wilczek Island
* Wilczek Land
* Wilton
* Zichy Land
* Ziegler

Outposts|

* Ernst Krenkel Observatory
* Nagurskoye

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