Payer Island (Russian: остров Пайера, romanized: ostrov Payera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.
Native name: остров Пайера | |
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Payer Island | |
Geography | |
Location | Arctic Ocean |
Coordinates | 80°35′N 60°30′E / 80.58°N 60.5°E |
Archipelago | Franz Josef Land |
Area | 151 km2 (58 sq mi) |
Length | 20 km (12 mi) |
Width | 12.5 km (7.77 mi) |
Highest elevation | 452 m (1483 ft) |
Highest point | Kupol Frolova |
Administration | |
Oblast | Arkhangelsk Oblast |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
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.
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.[1] The center of the island is covered by an ice dome named Kupol Frolova (Купол Фролова). Its highest point reaches 452 m (1,483 ft).[2]
Very close to Payer Island, off its easternmost point, lie some small islands:
81°09′N 57°30′E / 81.150°N 57.500°E