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{{Short description|Island in Russia}}
{{Other uses|Nansen Island (disambiguation)}}
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'''Nansen Island''' ({{langx|ru|о́стров На́нсена}}; ''Ostrov Nansena'') is an island in [[Franz Josef Land]], [[Russia]]. The island is partly glaciated and its area is {{convert|164|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}. The highest point of the island is {{convert|372|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://islands.unep.ch/CEO.htm UNEP - Islands]</ref>

Nansen Island is named in the honor and memory of Arctic explorer [[Fridtjof Nansen]], who explored and charted the Franz Josef Archipelago in 1896.
==Geography==
The island is located in the center of a cluster of islands of similar size separated from each other by narrow sounds. The channel to the southwest of the subgroup is '''Proliv Allen-Yung''' ({{lang|ru|пролив Аллен-Юнг}}), the one at the southeast is '''Proliv Sidorova''' ({{lang|ru|пролив Сидорова}}), the channel to the northeast is the '''[[Markham Sound]]''' ({{lang|ru|пролив Маркама}}), and the one in the west is the '''Proliv Britansky Kanal''' ({{lang|ru|пролив Британский Канал}}).

'''Mys Artura''' is the cape in the north of the island. The cape in the southwest is known as '''Mys Ushakova''', after Russian Arctic explorer [[Georgy Ushakov]], and the southernmost point is called '''Mys Teylora''' (Cape Taylor).
===Adjacent islands===
====Wilton Island====
''Ostrov Uiltona'' (Остров Уилтона), '''Wilton Island''' is a small island off Nansen Island's northeastern coast. It is separated from it by a {{convert|1|km|mi|abbr=on}} narrow sound. It was named after [[Scotland|Scottish]] explorer '''David W. Wilton''' of the 1894-1897 [[Jackson-Harmsworth expedition]]. Wilton had lived for some years in the north of Russia before joining the expedition.<ref>[http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0301wil.html David W. Wilton] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121222213811/http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0301wil.html |date=2012-12-22 }}</ref>
====Bromwich Island====
''Ostrov Bromidzh'' (Остров Бромидж), '''Bromwich Island''' lies east of Nansen Island; (lat 80.49 long 54.9). It is covered by an ice-cap, but it has a few unglacierized areas at small points near its shores. Maximum height {{convert|392|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.
====Brice Island====
''Ostrov Braysa''' (Остров Брайса), '''Brice Island''' lies south of Bromwich Island. There is an icecap in the middle of the island but large swathes of land are unglacierized in the north and southwest. It has a maximum height of {{convert|409|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. This island was named after U.S. senator [[Calvin S. Brice]] who had donated $&nbsp;200 to the [[Walter Wellman|Wellman]] expedition.<ref name = "Capelotti630">{{cite journal |last1=Capelotti |first1=Peter |last2=Forsberg |first2=Magnus |title=The place names of Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa: the Wellman polar expedition, 1898–1899 |journal=Polar Record |date=2015 |volume=51 |issue=261 |pages=624-636 |doi=10.1017/S0032247414000801}} p. 630</ref>

====Pritchett Island====
''Ostrov Pritchetta'' (Остров Притчетта), '''Pritchett Island''' lies off Nansen Island's southern shore. This island is quite large and has a few areas free of glaciers. Highest point {{convert|401|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. The name of this island most likely honours [[Henry Smith Pritchett]], who was involved in the scientific advisory committee for Wellman's expedition.<ref name = "Capelotti630"/>
====Bliss Island====
''Ostrov Blissa'' (Остров Блисса), '''Bliss Island''' lies south of Pritchett Island. It is partly [[unglacierized]]. Wellman named this island after [[United States Secretary of the Interior|U.S. Secretary of the Interior]] [[Cornelius Newton Bliss]] who donated 250&nbsp;$ to the expedition.<ref name = "Capelotti630"/>
====Jefferson Island====
''Ostrov Dzheffersona'' (Остров Джефферсона), '''Jefferson Island''' is a much smaller island lying off Nansen Island's southwestern shore. The island first appears as ''Jeaffreson Island'' on the maps of the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition.<ref>{{cite map |author-last=Weller |author-first=Francis Sidney |title =Map of Franz Josef Land showing journeys and discoveries of Frederick G. Jackson, F.R.G.S., leader of the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition 1894-7 |year =1898 |url =https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Franz_Josef_Land_showing_journeys_and_discoveries_of_Frederick_G._Jackson,_F.R.G.S._-_UvA-BC_OTM_HB-KZL_61_18_38.jpg |scale =1 : 1 000 000 |publisher =Royal Geographical Society}}</ref> Contemporary Arctic explorer J. Russel-Jeaffreson,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35363378 |title=Our Arctic Trip and What Came of It. |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)]] |volume=LX |issue=167 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=14 July 1900 |accessdate=7 January 2021 |page=15 (Daily) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> who helped with the preparation for the expedition,<ref>{{cite journal |last=Jackson |first=Frederick |title=The Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition |journal=[[The Geographical Journal]] |date=August 1894 |volume=4
 |issue=2 |pages=141-146 |doi=10.2307/1773801 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1773801 |access-date=5 January 2021}} p. 146</ref> may be the source for the name.
====Koetlitz Island====
''Ostrov Ketlitsa'' (Остров Кётлица), '''Koetlitz Island''' is a long island which lies off the northwestern tip of Nansen island. Glacierized, maximum height {{convert|158|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. The cape at its northern end is known as '''Mys Polyarnogo Siyaniya''' and its southernmost came is '''Mys Giuys'''. The channel separating this island from Nansen island is known as '''Proliv Roberta Piliya'''. Koetlitz Island was named in honor of the geologist of the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition, Dr. [[Reginald Koettlitz]].

==See also==
*[[List of islands of Russia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20070616045958/http://www.mvk.ru/about/project/north/06/list_24.shtm Recent expeditions]

{{Franz Josef Land}}

[[Category:Islands of Franz Josef Land]]
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Russia]]
[[Category:Fridtjof Nansen]]