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Zemlya Georga, or Prince George Land (Russian: Земля Георга, ''Zemlya Georga'' ("''George Land''")), is an island located at . It is a part of Franz Josef Land, Russia. With a total surface of , Zemlya Georga is the largest island of the Franz Josef Archipelago. It is also the longest, with a distance of between its northernmost and its southernmost ends. The highest point of the island is an unnamed location on the northeastern ice dome, at . The island has a complex coastline, with many bays, deep inlets and capes. Most of the land lies under large glaciers although there is a large, mostly unglaciated peninsula at its northern end, ''Poluostrov Armitidzh''. The westernmost cape of this peninsula is ''Mys Mul'tanovskogo'', beyond which lies the sound known as ''Proliv Arkhangelskiy'' between Zemlya Georga and Alexandra Land. The sound known as ''Cambridge Channel'' (Proliv Kambritch) is located further to the southwest. Zemlya Georga has three capes pointing southwestwards on its southern coast: ''Cape Neale'' (the westernmost end of the island), ''Cape Crowther'' and ''Cape Grant''. Its easternmost cape is known as ''Mys Murray''. The two capes pointing north, ''Mys Bryusa'' and ''Mys Battenberg'', are separated from each other by ''Sommerville Bay''. The ''Nightingale Channel'' (Proliv Neytingeyl) runs east of Zemlya Georga, separating it from Bruce Island. Zemlya Georga was named by Benjamin Leigh Smith after Prince George.〔http://www.franz-josef-land.info/index.php?id=644〕 ==Adjacent Islands== * ''David Island'' (Ostrovok Davida), lat 80.15 N long 47.33 E, is a small islet located off Zemlya Georga's southwestern point. * Arthur Island lies north of Zemlya Georga's northernmost end, separated from it by the sound known as Proliv Li-Smita. 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「Zemlya Georga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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