Alger Island, Russia

Alger Island (Russian: Остров Алджер ; "Ostrov Aldzher") is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. Lat 80° 22′ N, long 56° 03′ E.

The legth of Alger Island is 10 km and its maximum width 4.7 km. Its highest point is 429 m. This island is mostly unglacierized, having only a relatively small ice cap in its northern end. There is a wide unglacierized area on its southwestern shore.

Alger Island is located north of McClintock Island, separated from it by a 2 km narrow sound.

The wintering site of the 1901 failed American Baldwin-Ziegler Expedition was on Alger Island. They named this island after 19th-century American author Horatio Alger who was a significant figure of American cultural and social ideals at that time.

Off Alger Island's southwestern shores lies Ostrov Matil'dy (Остров Матильди), a very small, barely 1 km long, island.

References

* [http://land.worldcitydb.com/arkhangel%C3%A3%C2%A2%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C3%A2%E2%84%A2skaya_%C3%A3%C2%A2%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C3%A2%E2%84%A2_in_russian_federation_state.html]
* [http://islands.unep.ch/CEO.htm]
*Names in Russian: [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]
*Baldwin-Ziegler expedition: [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9806E4D61E3BEE33A25750C0A9669D946397D6CF] & [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9406E3D91E3BE733A25752C2A96F9C946397D6CF] & [http://journals.cambridge.org/production/action/cjoGetFulltext?fulltextid=1037668]