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Arthur Island (Остров Артура; ''Ostrov Artura'') is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. It belongs administratively to the Arkhangelsk Oblast of the Russian Federation. Arthur Island lies in the Arctic Ocean north of Zemlya Georga, relatively far from any other island. Its area is and its maximum height . Arthur Island is practically completely glaciarized. Only a small area in the northwestern shores of the island (Mys Ledovoy Razvedky) and another (Mys Nizkiy) in the southernmost point of the island are free of glacier ice. This island was named by Frederick George Jackson after his brother Arthur Jackson, in the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition.〔Frederick G. Jackson, ''A Thousand Days in the Arctic'', 2011, p.208〕 == See also == * List of islands of Russia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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