Nansen Island
Nansen Island is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. The island is partly glaciated and its area is 164 km2. The highest point of the island is 372 m.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Russia
- Also known as: “Brays Island”, “Fridtjof Nansen Island”, “Ostrov Nansena”, “Нансен”, and “Фридтйоф Нансен Исланд”
Nansen Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Arkhangelsk Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
80.50892° or 80° 30′ 32″ northLongitude
54.15695° or 54° 9′ 25″ eastElevation
144 metres (472 feet)Open location code
CHGPG554+HQOpenStreetMap ID
way 205399883OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
523491Wikidata ID
Q2666452
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Nansen Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة نانسن”
- Azerbaijani: “Brays adası”
- Azerbaijani: “Nansen adası”
- Cebuano: “Ostrov Nansena”
- Chinese: “南森岛”
- Chinese: “南森島”
- Dutch: “Nansena Island”
- French: “île Nansen”
- French: “Île Nansen”
- German: “Nansen-Insel”
- Greek: “Νήσος Νάνσεν”
- Italian: “isola di Nansen”
- Italian: “Isola di Nansen”
- Japanese: “ナンセン島 (ゼムリャフランツァヨシファ)”
- Japanese: “ナンセン島”
- Kotava: “Nansen (ewala)”
- Kotava: “Nansen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blissøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Briceøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bromwichøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jeffersonøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Koetlitzøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nansenøya i Frans Josef Land”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nansenøya i Frans Josefs land”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Prichettøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wiltonøya”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Nansen”
- Russian: “Остров Нансена”
- Spanish: “Isla Nansen”
- Swedish: “Nansenön”
- Turkish: “Nansen Adası (Franz Josef Toprakları)”
- Turkish: “Nansen Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Нансена”
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