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The highest point of Graham Bell Island, 509 m (1,670 ft), is the summit of Kupol Vetrenyy (Купол Ветреный) "Windy Dome", a large ice dome covering the western part of the island. [ 1 ] This island was named after inventor Alexander Graham Bell . [ 2 ]
The largest island is Prince George Land, which measures 2,741 square kilometers (1,058 sq mi), followed by Wilczek Land, Graham Bell Island and Alexandra Land. Approximately 85% of the archipelago is glaciated, with large unglaciated areas on the largest islands and many of the smallest ones. The islands have a combined coastline of 4,425 ...
Graham Bell Island, (Остров Греэм-Белл, Ostrov Graham Bell), about 1,557 km 2 (601 sq mi) Alexandra Land (Земля Александры, Zemlya Aleksandry), about 1,130 km 2 (440 sq mi)
Bell Island (Russian: Остров Белл) is a small island in the south-west of the Franz Josef Land archipelago in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. The island was named by English explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith for its bell-shaped mountain, rising steeply from the island's southern coast with the Barents Sea .
Vostothny Island; Solovetsky Islands. Anzersky; Bolshaya Muksalma; Malaya Muksalma; Solovetsky; Victoria Island (administered as part of Franz Josef Land, but physically separate) Ushakov Island (Russian Arctic) halfway between Franz Josef Land and Severnaya Zemlya Wiese Island; Wrangel Island. Herald Island; Five new islands were discovered by ...
This island was named after inventor Alexander Graham Bell. Graham Bell Island should not be confused with the smaller Bell Island which is also part of the Franz Josef archipelago. Graham Bell Island is home to a Cold War outpost (shut down in 1994) and the airfield 'Greem Bell' with a 2,100 m (6,900 ft) runway. [24]
Greem Bell (Russian: Греэм-Белл, lit. Graham Bell ) is an airfield of the Russian Air Force in Arkhangelsk Oblast , Russia . It is located on Graham Bell Island in the Franz Josef Archipelago , 1372 km north of Khatanga , and is the northernmost airfield in Russia, at latitude 81°N .