Hofmann Island

Hofmann Island

Hofmann Island (Остров Гофмана; Ostrov Gofmana) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic.

Hofmann Island is 13 km long and its maximum width is 5 km. It is located 8.6 km further east from Rainer Island and it has three small islets on its northeastern shores.

Hofmann island is the site of a snow runway.

This island has been named after Russian mineralogist and explorer of the Urals Professor E.K. Hofmann (1801-1871).

Northeast of Hofmann Island runs a 45 km broad channel known as Proliv Severo Vostochnyy, beyond which lies Belaya Zemlya.

External links

* [http://islands.unep.ch/CEO.htm Location]
* [http://209.85.175.104/search?q=cache:ENM9KulNEJgJ:www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/43735+hofmann+urals+mineralogist+E.+K.+Hoffman&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3 E.K. Hofmann]


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