Pioneer Island (Russia)

{{Short description|Island in the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic}}

{{see also|Pioneer Island (Nunavut)}}

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| image_name = Pioneer Island 2020-07-17 Sentinel 2.jpg

| image_caption = July 2020 satellite photograph of Pioneer Island

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| map_caption = Pioneer Island, Russia

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| archipelago = Severnaya Zemlya

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Pioneer Island is part of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic.

It measures {{convert|1527|km²|sqmi|0|abbr=on}} in area. The island was discovered by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev during their 1930-32 expedition.{{

cite journal|author=Barr, William |year=1975|title=Severnaya Zemlya: the last major discovery |journal=Geographical Journal|volume=141|number=1|pages=59–71|doi=10.2307/1796946|jstor=1796946}}

This island contains the Pioneer Glacier.{{cite web |url=http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/severnaya-zemlya |title=Russian Arctic - Severnaya Zemlya |accessdate=2010-12-23 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/arctic/severnaya-zemlya |archivedate=December 23, 2010 }}

Geological and biological data:[http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13724455 Cat.Inist] & {{cite journal |jstor = 1478878|title = Interactions between Vegetation Development and Island Formation in the Alpine River Tagliamento|journal = Applied Vegetation Science|volume = 2|issue = 1|pages = 25–36|last1 = Kollmann|first1 = J.|last2 = Vieli|first2 = M.|last3 = Edwards|first3 = P. J.|last4 = Tockner|first4 = K.|last5 = Ward|first5 = J. V.|year = 1999|doi = 10.2307/1478878}}