Payer Island

Payer Island

Payer Island ( _ru. 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.

Adjacent islands

Very close to Payer Island, off its easternmost point, lie some small islands:

*Stoliczka Island (Остров Столичка), the 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.

*Ostrov Apollonova lies in the sound between Stoliczka and Payer Island. It is only 500 m across.

References

*Franz Josef Land
* [http://islands.unep.ch/CEO.htm]
* [http://www.ivki.ru/kapustin/journal/markin22.htm Historical data]
*Russian names: [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]


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