Payer Island

Native name: остров Пайера
Location of the Zemlya Zichy subgroup in Franz Josef Land
Payer Island
Geography
Location	Arctic Ocean
Coordinates	80°35′N 60°30′E / 80.58°N 60.5°E / 80.58; 60.5
Archipelago	Franz Josef Land
Area	151 km2 (58 sq mi)
Length	20 km (12 mi)
Width	12.5 km (7.77 mi)
Highest elevation	452 m (1483 ft)
Highest point	Kupol Frolova
Administration
Russia
Oblast	Arkhangelsk Oblast
Demographics
Population	0

Payer Island (Russian: остров Пайера, romanized: ostrov Payera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.

This island was named after Julius Johannes Ludovicus von Payer an Austro-Hungarian arctic explorer and an Arctic landscape artist, one of the leaders of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition.

Geography

Payer Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Land. Its area is 151 km² and it lies to the SE of Jackson Island. The headland at the northern end is Mys Nordik.^[1] The center of the island is covered by an ice dome named Kupol Frolova (Купол Фролова). Its highest point reaches 452 m (1,483 ft).^[2]

Adjacent islands

Very close to Payer Island, off its easternmost point, lie some small islands:

• Stoliczka Island (Остров Столичка), the island farther offshore, is the site of a large walrus rookery. Lat 81° 11′ N, long 58° 16′ E. This island was named after Moravian paleontologist Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838–1874) by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition.
• Apollo Island (Ostrov Apollonova) lies in the sound between Stoliczka and Payer Island. It is only 500 m across.
• Milovzorov Rocks (Рифы Миловзорова), rocks awash located off the NE shore of Payer Island.