Ziegler Island

Ziegler Island

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

This island is 45 km long, stretching from the NW to the SE. Its area is 448 km2 and it is almost completely unglacierized. The highest point on Ziegler Island is 554 m.

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.

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 coord|80.9644|N|58.0461|E. It is about 3.5 km in diameter. Highest point 393. Unglacierized. Ugol'noy Kopi is separated from Ziegler island by a 600 m narrow sound.

History

The Austrian observing site Payer-Weyprecht (probably coord|81|06|N|56|11|E|) was established around the turn of the century on this island.

References

*William Barr, "The First Cruise into the Soviet Arctic".
* [http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8 Island Names in Russian]
*Arctic expeditions: [http://www.arcticwebsite.com/expeditions.html]
* [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0016-7398(190807)32%3A1%3C80%3AAR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0 - Ziegler-Fiala Polar Expedition, 1903-1905]


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