Champ Island
Russian: Остров Чамп | |
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| File:Сферолит на острове Чамп.jpg Landscape of the island with a concretion. | |
| File:Kara sea ZFJCH.PNG Location of Champ Island in 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 | Zichy Land Franz Josef Archipelago |
| Area | 374 km2 (144 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 507 m (1663 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Champ Island (Russian: Остров Чамп; Ostrov Champ) is the southernmost island of the Zichy group of islands, administratively located in the Primorsky district of Franz Josef Land, Russia. The highest point of the island is 507 meters above sea level. The area is 374 km².
History
[edit | edit source]This island was named after William S. Champ,[1][2][3] who was the representative of the late William Ziegler and leader of the relief operation searching for Anthony Fiala of the Fiala-Ziegler Polar Expedition.[4]
A piece of a century-year-old ski was found in Champ Island, at Cape Trieste (Mys Triest) in August 2006.[5]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Champ Island has a surface of 374 km2 (144 sq mi) and a shoreline of 90.6 km (297,244 ft). There is a wide unglacierized zone in the southwest of the island. The highest point of the island is 507 m (1,663 ft).[6]
Champ Island is the southernmost island of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Joseph Archipelago. It is separated by narrow sounds from Luigi Island in the north and Salisbury Island in the northeast.[citation needed]
The broad channel in the west of Champ Island is known as Markham Sound (Пролив маркама; Proliv Markama), after British polar explorer Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham.[citation needed]
The island is known by its concretions, stone spheres with dimensions from millimetres to several meters.[7]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ NY Times - May, 14 1904
- ^ NY Times - May, 5 1904
- ^ The Papers of M. Frederick Mount in the Dartmouth College Library
- ^ Anthony Fiala: Fighting the Polar Ice. Doubleday, Page & co., New York 1907, p. 193
- ^ Ski fragment
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Friedhelm Thiedig: Fahrt zum Geografischen Nordpol und zum Franz Josef Land (2005) – mit Beschreibung der Klagenfurt Inseln und der auffällig großen Steinkugeln östlich Kap Fiume auf Champ Island (FJL) (PDF; 11,2 MB). In: Carinthia II 196/116(1), 2006, pp. 9–32
External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- High Arctic mosses & plants on Champ Island High Arctic mosses & plants on Champ Island
- Names in Russian
