Becker Island
Остров Беккера | |
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| File:Becker Island 2020-07-30 Sentinel-2 L2A Highlight Optimized Natural Color.jpg Sentinel-2 image (2020) | |
| File:Kara sea ZFJ.PNG Location of the Franz Josef Archipelago. | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Arctic |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Archipelago | Franz Josef Archipelago |
| Length | 14 km (8.7 mi) |
| Width | 3 km (1.9 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 165 m (541 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Becker Island (Russian: Остров Беккера; Ostrov Bekkera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Arctic.
Becker Island was named after Moritz Alois Becker (1812-1887), the general secretary of Austrian Geographical Society.[1]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Becker Island is long and narrow, stretching from East to West. It is located straight south of Rainer Island. Its length is 14 km (8.7 mi) and its average width 3 km (1.9 mi).
The Kupol Surova (Купол Сурова) ice dome covers the western part of the island.[2] The highest point of Becker Island is a 165 m (541 ft) high summit located at the eastern end. The eastern half of this island is unglacierized. The eastern headland, Cape Galkovsky (Mys Galkovskogo) is relatively close to the island's highest point. The western headland is Cape Lopast.[3]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Kupol Surova: Russia
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External links
[edit | edit source]- UNEP - Islands Archived 2013-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Geographic data[permanent dead link]
