Newton Islands - an island of the archipelago of Franz Josef Land . Administratively refers to the Primorsky district of the Arkhangelsk region of Russia .
| Newton Island | |
|---|---|
| Specifications | |
| Highest point | 21 m |
| Location | |
| Archipelago | Franz Josef Land |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Arkhangelsk region |
Named Venyamin-Leig Smith in honor of the British zoologist and ornithologist Alfred Newton [1] [2] .
Location
Located in the southern part of the archipelago, 12 kilometers south of Cape Cecil-Harmsworth , the southern cape of Hooker Island .
Description
It has an elongated shape with a length of about 2.5 kilometers. In the central part there is a small, 21 meter elevation, in the north of the island there is a small lake . The territory is free of ice and covered with stony placers. [3]
Notes
- ↑ The Lands of Silence: A History of the Arctic and Antarctic, 1921, p.287
- ↑ Names on the map of the Arctic
- ↑ Map sheet U-39-XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI . Hooker . Scale: 1: 200,000. 1965 Edition