Bruce Island (Franz Josef Land)

Bruce Island
Russian: Остров Брюса
Bruce Island is located in Russia
Bruce Island
Bruce Island
Location in the Franz Josef Archipelago.
Geography
LocationArctic
Coordinates80°03′N 50°00′E / 80.050°N 50.000°E / 80.050; 50.000
ArchipelagoFranz Josef Archipelago
Area191 km2 (74 sq mi)
Highest elevation301 m (988 ft)
Administration
Demographics
Population0

Bruce Island (Russian: Остров Брюса, romanized: Ostrov Brjusa) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. Its area is 191 square kilometres (74 sq mi). The highest point of the island is 301 metres (988 ft).[1]

This island was named after Henry Bruce, who succeeded the Earl of Northbrook as President of the Royal Geographical Society.[2]

Geography

Except for a very small area at the western shoreline, Bruce Island is completely glacierized. Mys Pinegina is the headland on the eastern side.

The Miers Channel (Пролив Майерса) runs between Bruce Island and Northbrook Island. The sound running west of Bruce Island, separating it from Zemlya Georga, is known as the Nightingale Channel (Proliv Naytingeyl). To the southwest runs Bates Channel (Пролив Бейтса).[3]

Adjacent Islands

  • Ostrov Meybel (Остров Мейбел; Mabel Island) lies 4 km (2 mi) off Bruce Island's southwestern shore. Large swathes of the southwestern part of the island are unglacierized. The highest point is 365 m (1,198 ft). This island was named by Benjamin Leigh Smith after his niece Amable Ludlow (1860–1939).[4]
  • Ostrov Bell (Остров Белл; Bell Island) is a smaller non glacierized island lying off Mabel Island's southwestern shore, separated from it by a narrow sound which is only 500 m (1,640 ft) in some places. Bell island is crescent shaped and it has a bay that opens to the west. Benjamin Leigh Smith named it thus because it looks like a bell. Bell was also the nickname of his sister Isabella.[2]
  • Ostrov Uinduord (Остров Уиндуорд; Windward Island) is a small island lying close to Bruce Island's southeastern end. It was named by Frederick George Jackson, after his expedition's ship.[5]
  • Ostrov Toma (Остров тома; Tom Island) is a very small island lying 3 km (1.9 mi) off Bruce Island's Eastern coast.

References

  1. ^ "UNEP - Islands". Archived from the original on 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
  2. ^ a b Capelotti, Peter Joseph; Forsberg, Magnus (2015). "The place names of Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa: Leigh Smith's Eira expeditions, 1880 and 1881–1882". Polar Record. 51 (256): 16–23. doi:10.1017/S0032247413000429. p. 18
  3. ^ Циглер (1965). Topographical Map U-39-XXXI,XXXII,XXXIII (Map). 1 : 200 000. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  4. ^ Peter Joseph Capelotti (2013). Shipwreck at Cape Flora. The Expeditions of Benjamin Leigh Smith, England’s Forgotten Arctic Explorer (PDF). Calgary, Canada: University of Calgary Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-55238-705-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. ^ Montefiore, Arthur (December 1895). "The Jackson-Harmsworth North Polar Expedition: An Account of Its First Winter and of Some Discoveries in Franz Josef Land". The Geographical Journal. 6 (6): 499–519. doi:10.2307/1774008. Retrieved 5 January 2021. p. 506


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