Franz Josef Land

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Franz Josef Land is a remote, largely glaciated Arctic archipelago in the far north of Russia, known for its extreme polar climate and strategic location in the Barents and Kara Seas.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic archipelago ⓘ
archipelago ⓘ
administeredBy Arkhangelsk Oblast ⓘ
Russian Arctic National Park ⓘ
borderedBy Barents Sea ⓘ
Kara Sea ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
discoveredBy Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition ⓘ
Julius von Payer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karl Weyprecht ⓘ
discoveryDate 1873 ⓘ
hasAverageTemperature below freezing for most of the year ⓘ
hasCharacteristic largely glaciated ⓘ
remote ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
strategic location ⓘ
hasClimate polar climate ⓘ
hasEnvironment extreme Arctic conditions ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Cape Fligely ⓘ
Rubini Rock ⓘ
hasHumanPresence military installations ⓘ
seasonal research stations ⓘ
hasLargestIsland George Land ⓘ
hasMajorIsland Alexandra Land ⓘ
Graham Bell Island ⓘ
Hall Island ⓘ
Wilczek Land ⓘ
hasNumberOfIslands about 190 ⓘ
hasSeaIce multi-year sea ice ⓘ
hasWildlife Arctic foxes ⓘ
linked to: Arctic fox

polar bears ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
walruses ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Barents Sea ⓘ
High Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

Kara Sea ⓘ
far north of Russia ⓘ
namedAfter Franz Joseph I of Austria ⓘ
partOf Arkhangelsk Oblast ⓘ
Russian Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Northern Russia

Russian Arctic National Park ⓘ
protectedAs nature reserve ⓘ
sovereignState Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia
strategicFor Arctic military operations ⓘ
Northern Sea Route ⓘ
linked to: Northeast Passage
subjectTo Russian environmental regulations ⓘ
usedFor military purposes ⓘ
polar research ⓘ

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Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kara Sea → hasIslandGroup → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Arkhangelsk Oblast → hasPart → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Soviet Arctic expeditions → mainRegion → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Yugorsky Strait → isSouthOf → Franz Josef Land (regionally) ⓘ
linked to: Franz Josef Land
Ivory gull → breedingRange → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Georgy Sedov → areaOfActivity → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition → geographicFocus → Franz Josef Land archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Franz Josef Land
Rubini Rock → locatedIn → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Rubini Rock → highestPointOf → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
George Land → locatedIn → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
George Land → partOf → Franz Josef Land archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Franz Josef Land
George Land → isLargestIslandOf → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
George Land → archipelago → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Alexandra Land → locatedIn → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Alexandra Land → partOf → Franz Josef Land archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Franz Josef Land
Wilczek Land → locatedIn → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Wilczek Land → archipelago → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Cape Fligely → locatedIn → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Cape Fligely → archipelago → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Graham Bell Island → locatedIn → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Graham Bell Island → partOf → Franz Josef Land archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Franz Josef Land
Benjamin Leigh Smith → shipwreckedOn → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Benjamin Leigh Smith → explored → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Kvitøyjøkulen → near → Franz Josef Land (Russia) ⓘ
linked to: Franz Josef Land
Victoria Island (Russian Arctic) → locatedIn → Franz Josef Land region ⓘ
linked to: Franz Josef Land
Victoria Island (Russian Arctic) → administrativeTerritory → Franz Josef Land administrative district ⓘ
linked to: Franz Josef Land
Barents–Kara Ice Sheet → covered → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Rudolf Samoylovich → workLocation → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Gerrit de Veer → placeDescribed → Nova Zembla ⓘ
linked to: Franz Josef Land
Hall Island → locatedIn → Franz Josef Land ⓘ
Hall Island → partOf → Franz Josef Land archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Franz Josef Land