Payer Island

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| name = Payer Island

| image_name = Kara sea ZFJZL.PNG

| image_caption = Location of the Zemlya Zichy subgroup in Franz Josef Land

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| native_name = остров Пайера

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| location = Arctic Ocean

| coordinates = {{coord|80.58|N|60.5|E|display=inline}}

| archipelago = Franz Josef Land

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| area_km2 = 151

| length_km = 20

| width_km = 12.5

| highest_mount = Kupol Frolova

| elevation_m = 452

| country = Russia

| country_admin_divisions_title = Oblast

| country_admin_divisions = Arkhangelsk Oblast

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Payer Island ({{langx|ru|остров Пайера|translit=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.{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/13369584|title=Ostrov Payyera|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=7 October 2016}} The center of the island is covered by an ice dome named Kupol Frolova (Купол Фролова). Its highest point reaches {{convert|452|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.[http://www.getamap.net/maps/russia/arkhangel_skaya_oblast/_frolova_kupol/ Kupol Frolova - Map, Weather and Photos - Russia]

=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.

References

Bibliography

Clements R. Markham, The Lands of Silence

External links

[http://islands.unep.ch/CEO.htm islands.unep.ch]
[http://www.ivki.ru/kapustin/journal/markin22.htm Historical data]

{{coord|81|09|N|57|30|E|display=title|region:RU_type:isle_source:GNS-enwiki}}

Category:Islands of Franz Josef Land