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.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 370 metres (1,220 feet)
- Description: island in Russia
- Also known as“Brays Island”“Fridtjof Nansen Island”“Ostrov Nansena”“Нансен”“Фридтйоф Нансен Исланд”
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Latitude
80.50892° or 80° 30′ 32″ north
Longitude
54.15695° or 54° 9′ 25″ east
Open location code
CHGPG554+HQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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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”
- German: “Nansen-Insel”
- Greek: “Νήσος Νάνσεν”
- 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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