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Zemlya Georga

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Also known as Prince George Land

island in the Russian Artic

Key facts

Location
Arctic Ocean
Coordinates
80°26′43″N 49°00′45″E / 80.44528°N 49.01250°E / 80.44528; 49.01250
Archipelago
Franz Josef Land
Area
2,821 km (1,089 sq mi)
Length
115 km (71.5 mi)
Highest elevation
416 m (1365 ft)
Highest point
Brusilov Ice Dome

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
island
Population
0
Area
2821
Elevation
416
Time zone
UTC+04:00
Body of water
Arctic Ocean
Location
Barents Sea
Image
Prince George Land 2021-08-03 Sentinel-2 L2A Highlight Optimized Natural Color.jpg
Width
43
Length
115
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located in/on physical feature
Franz Josef Land
different from
George V Land
Commons category
Prince George Land
time of discovery or invention
1880-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Zemlya Georga, or Prince George Land (Russian: Земля Георга; Zemlya Georga, "George Land"), is the largest island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Arctic.

Zemlya Georga was named by Frederick George Jackson after Prince George.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zemlya Georga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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