Sverdrup Island
Sverdrup Island is an isolated Russian island in the southern region of the Kara Sea. Sverdrup Island is named after Norwegian polar explorer and ship Captain Otto Sverdrup who sighted it on 18 August 1893 during the Fram Expedition led by Fridtjof Nansen.
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Latitude
74.55639° or 74° 33′ 23″ north
Longitude
79.45389° or 79° 27′ 14″ east
Open location code
CJ6XHF43+HH
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Sverdrup Island” goes by many names.
Islla SverdrupAsturian
Sverdrup adasıAzerbaijani
Востраў СвердрупBelarusian
Востраў СвярдрупBelarusian
СвердрупBelarusian
ostrov SverdrupCatalan
Ostrov SverdrupaCebuano
斯韋德魯普島Chinese
斯韦德鲁普岛Chinese
Sverdrupův ostrovCzech
Ostrov SverdroepaDutch
Sverdrup (eiland)Dutch
Sverdrupin saariFinnish
Isola di SverdrupItalian
スヴェルドラップ島Japanese
Sverdrupa salaLatvian
SverdrupøyaNorwegian
SverdrupøyaNorwegian Bokmål
Ostrov SverdrupaNorwegian Nynorsk
SverdrupøyaNorwegian Nynorsk
Остров СвердрупаNorwegian Nynorsk
Wyspa SverdrupaPolish
Остров СвердрупRussian
Остров СвердрупаRussian
СвердрупRussian
Sverdrup AdasıTurkish
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