Zichy Land

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Zemlya Zichy in the central position of Franz Josef Land in the corner of a ca 1902 Yeniseysk Governorate map.

Zichy Land (Template:Langx; Zemlya Zichy) is a geographical subgroup of Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It is formed by the central cluster of large islands in the midst of the archipelago. The islands are separated from each other by narrow sounds that are frozen most of the year, forming a compact whole.[1]

This island group was named after Hungarian Count Ödön Zichy (1811-1894) [2] who was, beside Count Johann Nepomuk Wilczek, the second highest sponsor for the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition to Franz Josef Land.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Geography

The broad channel to the southwest of Zichy Land is known as Markham Sound or Markham Channel (Template:Langx; Proliv Markama), after the British polar explorer Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The northernmost point of Zichy Land is Cape Bema on Karl-Alexander Island and its southernmost point is Cape Fiume on Champ Island. The distance between the two comprises Script error: No such module "convert".. Cape Armitidzh in Luigi Island is the westernmost point of the subgroup. The highest point is Script error: No such module "convert". high Peak Parnass located on Wiener Neustadt Island.[3] The channels separating the islands in the southeastern area of the group are very narrow.

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Zichy Land in an 1874 Franz Josef Land map by Julius Payer.
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Zichy Land in an 1898 map of Frederick G. Jackson's explorations showing already separate islands.

Islands

The individual islands forming the Zemlya Zichy archipelago are (from North to south):

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See also

References

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  1. Fridtjof Nansen's early map
  2. Template:Trim&pg=PA443 Passagiere des Eises: Polarhelden und arktische Diskurse 1874 , p. 443, at Google Books
  3. JSTOR - A Note on the Geography of Franz Josef Land.

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