Adelaide Island (Russian: остров Аделаиды) is an island located in Franz Josef Land, Russian Federation, in the north-east of the archipelago, which lies in the Kara Sea. The highest point of the island is 48 metres (157 ft).

Adelaide

Russian: остров Аделаиды
Sentinel-2 image (2020)
Location of Belaya Zemlya in the Kara Sea
Geography
Location	Russian Arctic
Coordinates	81°37′31.70″N 61°55′46.11″E / 81.6254722°N 61.9294750°E / 81.6254722; 61.9294750
Archipelago	Franz Josef Land
Highest elevation	48 m (157 ft)
Administration
Russia
Demographics
Population	0

It is one of three glaciated islands that comprise Belaya Zemlya, a geographical subgroup of the Franz Josef archipelago.

Yeva-Liv Island lies 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) to the northeast.

Adelaide Island was discovered by Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen on 9 August 1895 on their return journey from an attempt to reach the North Pole.^[1] Nansen named the island after his mother Adelaide Johanne Thekla Isidore Wedel-Jarlsberg ^[no].