Zemlya Georga

The Prince George's country (Russian Земля Георга, Zemlya Georga ) is an uninhabited island of belonging to Russia Franz -Josef- Lands in the Arctic Ocean.

Geography

With a length of 116 km and an area of ​​about 2821 km ² Prince George's country is the longest and largest island of the Franz- Josef- country; its highest point is the northern ice cap of 416 meters above the sea. It is separated by the Cambridge channel from Alexandra country, the westernmost island of the archipelago. Prince George's country is largely covered by ice, its coast has numerous bays and fjords.

To the north lies the great largely unvergletscherte Armitage Peninsula ( Poluostrow Armitidsch ).

History

Prince George's land was first sighted in August 1880 by the British polar explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith on the fourth polar travel. A thorough investigation was carried out in 1897 by the Jackson - Harmsworth expedition led by Frederick George Jackson. This named the island in honor of George Frederick Ernest Albert of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha, Prince of Wales, later King George V British