Schmidt Island

Schmidt Island is one of the islands of the group in the Arctic. It was named after Soviet scientist and first head of the Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route, Otto Schmidt.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: Ostrov Schmidt” and “Shmidt Island

Schmidt Island

Latitude
81.18222° or 81° 10′ 56″ north
Longitude
90.86694° or 90° 52′ 1″ east
Elevation
260 metres (853 feet)
Open location code
CMHG5VJ8+VQ
Geo­Names ID
1492073
Wiki­data ID
Q944346
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Schmidt Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة شميدت
  • Asturian: Islla Schmidt
  • Asturian: Tierres del Norte
  • Azerbaijani: Şmidt adası
  • Bulgarian: Шмид
  • Catalan: Illa de Schmidt
  • Cebuano: Ostrov Shmidta
  • Chinese: 施密特岛
  • Chinese: 施密特島
  • Czech: Šmidtův ostrov
  • Dutch: Schmidt
  • Estonian: Šmidt
  • Estonian: Šmidti saar
  • German: Schmidt-Insel
  • Hungarian: Smidt-sziget
  • Italian: isola di Schmidt
  • Italian: Isola di Schmidt
  • Italian: Isola Schmidt
  • Japanese: シュミット島
  • Latvian: Šmita sala
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ostrov Sjmidta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Schmidtøya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Остров Шмидта
  • Persian: جزیره شمیدتا
  • Polish: Wyspa Szmidta
  • Russian: Остров Шмидта
  • Russian: Шмидта остров
  • Slovak: Šmidtov ostrov
  • Spanish: Isla Schmidt
  • Tatar: Шмидт утравы
  • Turkish: Schmidt Adası
  • Turkish: Şmidt Adası
  • Vietnamese: Đảo Schmidt

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