McClintock Island
Russian: Остров Мак-Клинтока
Location of McClintock Island in the Franz Josef Archipelago
Geography
LocationRussian Arctic
Coordinates80°09′27″N 56°29′08″E / 80.1575°N 56.485556°E / 80.1575; 56.485556
ArchipelagoFranz Josef Archipelago
Area612 km2 (236 sq mi)
Length33 km (20.5 mi)
Highest elevation521 m (1709 ft)
Administration
Demographics
Population0

McClintock Island (Russian: Остров Мак-Клинтока; Ostrov Mak-Klintoka) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.

This island is roughly square-shaped and its maximum length is 33 km (21 mi). Its area is 612 km2 (236 sq mi) and it is largely glaciated. Its highest point is 521 m (1,709 ft).

The island's northernmost point is called Cape Greely (мыс Грили). The northerwestern point is Cape Karpinsky (мыс Карпинского), the southwestern point is Cape Dillon (мыс Диллона).[1] From north to south, Cape Bergen (мыс Берген), Cape Brünn (мыс Брюнн), and Cape Oppolzer (мыс Оппольцера) are located on the eastern shore.[2]

Adjacent islands

History

The island was discovered by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition in March 1874.[6] They named it after Irish explorer of the Arctic Francis Leopold McClintock.[7] During his third sledge trip, co-expedition leader Julius Payer climbed Cape Brünn from which he attempted to survey the southern coast of Zichy Land and estimated the westward extent of Franz Josef Land to reach 50° E at least.[8]

The Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition were the next to set foot on the island on 1 September 1901, at Cape Dillon. This was also the spot where the first members of the stranded Ziegler Polar Expedition were found by Johan Kjeldsen aboard the Terra Nova on 30 July 1905.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Циглер (1965). Topographical Map U-40-XXXI,XXXII,XXXIII (Map). 1 : 200 000. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. ^ Циглер (1965). Topographical Map U-40-XXXIV,XXXV,XXXVI (Map). 1 : 200 000. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. ^ Capelotti, Peter; Forsberg, Magnus (2015). "The place names of Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa: the Wellman polar expedition, 1898–1899". Polar Record. 51 (261): 624–636. doi:10.1017/S0032247414000801. S2CID 129721098. p. 625
  4. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie. Vienna: Druck und Verlag der k. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 1874 – via Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. p. 190
  5. ^ Krisch, Otto (1875). Tagebuch des Nordpolfahrers Otto Krisch. Vienna: Josef Klemm. pp. 10f.
  6. ^ Payer, Julius (1876). Die österreichisch-ungarische Nordpol-Expedition in den Jahren 1872–1874. Vienna: Hölder. p. 299.
  7. ^ Schimanski, Johan; Spring, Ulrike (2015). Passagiere des Eises: Polarhelden und arktische Diskurse 1874. Vienna: Böhlau. ISBN 9783205796060. p. 446.
  8. ^ Payer, Julius (1876). Die österreichisch-ungarische Nordpol-Expedition in den Jahren 1872–1874. Vienna: Hölder. p. 370.
  9. ^ Capelotti, Peter Joseph (2016). The greatest show in the Arctic: the American exploration of Franz Josef Land, 1898-1905. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 260, 521. ISBN 978-0-8061-5222-6.


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