Franz Josef Land - Wikipedia
Franz Josef Land [a] (Russian: Земля́ Фра́нца-Ио́сифа, romanized: Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa) is a Russian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. It is inhabited only by military personnel. [1]
History of Franz Josef Land - Wikipedia
Map of Franz Josef Land. Franz Josef Land, an uninhabited archipelago located in the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, and Kara Sea, may have been discovered by the 1865 expedition of the Norwegian sealing vessel Spidsbergen captained by Nils Fredrik Rønnbeck.
Franz Josef Land | Arctic Archipelago, Russia | Britannica
Franz Josef Land, archipelago of 191 islands in the northeastern Barents Sea, the northernmost territory of Russia. It falls administratively into Arkhangelsk oblast (province). The islands, with a land area of 6,229 square miles (16,134 square km), consist of three groups.
Geography of Franz Josef Land - Wikipedia
Northbrook Island. The Geography of Franz Josef Land refers to an island group belonging to Arkhangelsk Oblast of Russia. It is situated in the Barents Sea of the Arctic, north of Novaya Zemlya and east of Svalbard. At latitudes between 80.0° and 81.9° north, it is the most northerly group of islands associated with Eurasia.
The Last World: 150 Years of Franz Josef Land
2023年7月14日 · The title of Christoph Ransmayr’s novel, “The Last World,” fits the discovery of Franz Josef Land 150 years ago. An archipelago of some 200 islands, Franz Josef Land was discovered in the Arctic late in the summer of 1873.
Franz Josef Land - National Geographic
Franz Josef Land has been a memorable waypoint on the glorious polar route toward frustration and disillusion.
Franz Josef Land – the northernmost archipelago of Russia
Franz Josef Land is an archipelago (a group of islands located close together) in the Arctic Ocean, in northern Europe. It is the northernmost archipelago of Russia stretching for 375 km from east to west and 234 km from north to south.