Payer Island

Island in Russia

Payer Island (Russian: остров Пайера, romanized: ostrov Payera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.

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.

Geography

Payer Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Land. Its area is 151 km² and it lies to the SE of Jackson Island. The headland at the northern end is Mys Nordik.^[1] The center of the island is covered by an ice dome named Kupol Frolova (Купол Фролова). Its highest point reaches 452 m (1,483 ft).^[2]

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.
• Apollo Island (Ostrov Apollonova) lies in the sound between Stoliczka and Payer Island. It is only 500 m across.
• Milovzorov Rocks (Рифы Миловзорова), rocks awash located off the NE shore of Payer Island.

See also

• List of islands of Russia
• List of glaciers of Russia

References

1. "Ostrov Payyera". Mapcarta. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
2. Kupol Frolova - Map, Weather and Photos - Russia

Bibliography

• Clements R. Markham, The Lands of Silence

External links

• islands.unep.ch
• Historical data

81°09′N 57°30′E / 81.150°N 57.500°E / 81.150; 57.500