Rainer Island
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Geography
Rainer Island has a roughly round shape, with a diameter of Script error: No such module "convert".. Its area is Script error: No such module "convert". and practically all of it is glaciated. Its highest point is Script error: No such module "convert". and it is the summit of the Kupol Vostok Vtoroy (Купол Восток Второй) ice dome that covers the central part of the island.[1]
This island was named by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition after nobleman Rainer Joseph Johann Michael Franz Hieronymus, Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, also known as the Archduke Rainer of Austria, one of the aristocrats who helped to finance the private venture.[2]
Rainer Island is part of the Zemlya Zichy subgroup of the Franz Joseph Archipelago. It is located east of Karl-Alexander Island and very close to it, separated by a Script error: No such module "convert". narrow sound.
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Adjacent islands
- At the northern end of the sound between Rainer Island and Karl-Alexander Island there is a group of islets known as Lesgaft Reefs (рифы Лесгафта). These were named after Russian social reformer Peter Lesgaft.
- Close to the northeastern shore of Rainer Island there is a small islet called Ostrov Ivanova which is only Script error: No such module "convert". in length.
See also
References
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