Pioneer Island

Pioneer Island

Pioneer Island is part of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic.It measures 1,527 km² (590 sq mi) in area, houses Pioneer Glacier.

This island houses the Pioneer Glacier. [ [http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/russia/severnaya-zemlya.htm Russian Arctic - Severnaya Zemlya ] ]

There has been a request to rename this island Svyataya Tatiana (St. Tatiana). [ [http://eng.www.r24.kadastr.ru/search/?text=severnaya+zemlya&all_regions=&document_type=&select=0 Search - Krasnoyarsk Territory - Rosnedvizhimost ] ]

Geological and biological data: [ [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13724455 Cat.Inist ] ] & [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1402-2001(199905)2%3A1%3C25%3AIBVDAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B ]

This island should not be confused with Pioneer Island in Canada (Latitude: 76° 57' 0 N, Longitude: 96° 49' 60 W). It also has nothing to do with Pioneer Island [ [http://tviv.org/Tom_Goes_to_the_Mayor/Pioneer_Island Tom Goes to the Mayor/Pioneer Island - The TV IV ] ] in the Tom Goes to the Mayor comedy.

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