The eastern most group is separated from the central group by the Austrain Strait while the western group lies across the British Strait.
The eastern most group is separated from the central group by the Austrain Strait while the western group lies across the British Strait. Discovered by Payer and Weyprecht, it falls administratively into Arkhangelsk province. Its 191 constituents include [*] Zemlya Aleksandry, home of a weather station, and Greem-Bell site of a Cold War airfield. Curiously, geologic forces have caused the straits between the islands to be deeper than the surrounding Barents Sea. Many polar expeditions began on the northernmost island, Rudolf Island, as it is behind only Ellesmere Island and Greenland in proximity to the North Pole. FTP name this archipelago named for an Austrian emperor that is the northernmost point in Russia.
The eastern most group is separated from the central group by the Austrain Strait while the western group lies across the British Strait.
{Franz Josef Land}