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Arkhangelsk Oblast

Franz Josef Land

Franz Josef Land is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, and administratively part of , . The islands have no permanent population, and are among the world's most remote destinations.
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  • Type: Region
  • Description: archipelago in the Arctic
  • Also known as: “FJL”, “Francis Joseph’s Land”, “Franz-Josef Land”, and “Fridtjof Nansen”

Franz Josef Land

Latitude
80.6254° or 80° 37′ 31″ north
Longitude
54.8378° or 54° 50′ 16″ east
Elevation
100 metres (328 feet)
Open location code
CHGPJRGQ+44
Open­Street­Map ID
node 300270164
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
562426
Wiki­data ID
Q185018
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Satellite Map

Discover Franz Josef Land from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Franz Josef Land” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Franz Josef-land”
  • Arabic: “أرخبيل فرنسوا جوزيف”
  • Arabic: “أرض فرنسوا جوزيف”
  • Arabic: “فرانز جوزيف لاند”
  • Armenian: “Ֆրանց Իոսիֆի երկիր”
  • Armenian: “Ֆրանց Յոզեֆի երկիր”
  • Asturian: “archipiélagu Fritjof Nansen”
  • Asturian: “Tierra de Franciscu Xosé”
  • Azerbaijani: “Frans-İosif Torpağı”
  • Bashkir: “Франц-Иосиф Ере”
  • Basque: “Frantzisko Josefen Lurraldea”
  • Belarusian: “Земля Франца-Иосифа”
  • Belarusian: “Зямля Франца-Ёсіфа”
  • Belarusian: “Зямля Франца-Іосіфа”
  • Breton: “Douar Franz-Josef”
  • Bulgarian: “Земя на Франц Йосиф”
  • Bulgarian: “Франц-Йосифова земя”
  • Catalan: “Terra de Francesc Josep”
  • Catalan: “Terra de Franz Josef”
  • Cebuano: “Franz Josef Archipelago”
  • Cebuano: “Franz Josef Islands”
  • Cebuano: “Franz Josef Land”
  • Cebuano: “Fridtjof Nansen Land”
  • Cebuano: “Fritjof Nansen Land”
  • Cebuano: “Kaiser Franz Josef Land”
  • Cebuano: “Ostrova Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa”
  • Cebuano: “Terre Francois Joseph”
  • Cebuano: “Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa”
  • Cebuano: “Земля Франца-Иосифа”
  • Chechen: “Франц-Иосифан Латта”
  • Chinese: “法兰士约瑟夫地群岛”
  • Chinese: “法蘭士約瑟夫地”
  • Chinese: “法蘭士約瑟夫地群島”
  • Chinese: “法蘭茨約瑟夫地群島”
  • Chinese: “法蘭茲約瑟夫地”
  • Chuvash: “Франц-Иосиф Çĕрĕ”
  • Croatian: “Zemlja Franje Josipa”
  • Czech: “země Františka Josefa”
  • Czech: “Země Františka Josefa”
  • Danish: “Frans Josefs land”
  • Danish: “Franz Josef Land”
  • Danish: “Franz Josefs Land”
  • Dutch: “Frans Josefland”
  • Dutch: “Frans Jozefland”
  • Dutch: “Frans Jozefsland”
  • Dutch: “Frans-Jozefland”
  • Dutch: “Frans-Jozefsland”
  • Dutch: “Franz Josefland”
  • Esperanto: “Lando de Francisko Jozefo”
  • Esperanto: “Lando Francisko Jozefo”
  • Estonian: “Franz Josephi maa”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Franz Josef Land”
  • Finnish: “Frans Joosefin maa”
  • Finnish: “Frans Josefin maa”
  • Finnish: “Franz Joosefin maa”
  • Finnish: “Franz Josefin maa”
  • Finnish: “Franz-Josefin maa”
  • Finnish: “Lomonosovin maa”
  • French: “Archipel Francois-Joseph”
  • French: “Franz Josef Land”
  • French: “Terre de François-Joseph”
  • French: “Terre François-Joseph”
  • Galician: “Terra de Francisco Xosé”
  • Georgian: “ფრანც-იოსების მიწა”
  • German: “Franz Josef Land”
  • German: “Franz-Josef-Land”
  • German: “Franz-Josefs-Land”
  • German: “Franz-Joseph-Land”
  • German: “Rönnebeck-Land”
  • German: “Rönnebecks Land”
  • German: “Semlja Franza Iossifa”
  • Greek: “Γη του Φραγκίσκου Ιωσήφ”
  • Hebrew: “ארץ פרנץ יוזף”
  • Hindi: “फ्रांज जोसेफ द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hindi: “फ्रांज जोसेफ भूमि”
  • Hindi: “फ़्रांज़ योसेफ़ द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hungarian: “Ferenc József-föld”
  • Icelandic: “Frans Jósefsland”
  • Indonesian: “Daratan Franz Josef”
  • Irish: “Tír Franz Josef”
  • Italian: “Terra di Francesco Giuseppe”
  • Japanese: “ゼムリャ・フランツァ・ヨシファ”
  • Japanese: “ゼムリャ・フランツァ=ヨシファ”
  • Japanese: “ゼムリャフランツァヨシファ”
  • Japanese: “ゼムリャフランツァヨシファ諸島”
  • Japanese: “フランツ・ヨーゼフ諸島”
  • Japanese: “フランツ・ヨシフ諸島”
  • Kazakh: “Франц-Иосиф жері”
  • Kirghiz: “Франц-Иосиф жери”
  • Korean: “제믈랴프란차이오시파 제도”
  • Korean: “젬랴프란츠요세프 제도”
  • Korean: “프란츠요제프 제도”
  • Kotava: “Franz-Josef (tursia)”
  • Kotava: “Franz-Josef”
  • Latin: “Terra Francisci Iosephi”
  • Latvian: “Franča Jozefa Zeme”
  • Lithuanian: “Prano Juozapo Žemė”
  • Luxembourgish: “Franz-Josef-Land”
  • Macedonian: “Земја на Франц Јозеф”
  • Macedonian: “Земја на Франц Јосиф”
  • Malayalam: “ഫ്രാൻസ് ജോസഫ് ലാൻഡ്”
  • Mongolian: “Франц-Иосифын газар”
  • Northern Frisian: “Franz-Josef-Lun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Frans Josef Land”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Frans Josefs land”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Frans Jozef land”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Franz Josef Land”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Frans Josef Land”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Frans Josefs land”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Franz Josef Land”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Franz Josefs land”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zemlja Frantsa-Iosifa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Земля Франца-Иосифа”
  • Norwegian: “Frans Josefs land”
  • Norwegian: “Fridtjof Nansen Land”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tèrra de Francés Josèp”
  • Ossetian: “Франц-Иосифы зæхх”
  • Persian: “سرزمین فرانتس یوزف”
  • Persian: “مجمع‌الجزایر فرانز جوزف”
  • Polish: “Ziemia Franciszka Józefa”
  • Portuguese: “Terra de Francisco José”
  • Portuguese: “Zemlya frantsa losifa”
  • Romanian: “Arhipelagul Franz Josef”
  • Romanian: “Ţara Franz Josef”
  • Romanian: “Țara Franz Josef”
  • Russian: “Земля Франца-Иосифа”
  • Russian: “Земля франца-йозефа”
  • Russian: “ЗФИ”
  • Russian: “Франца-Иосифа Земля”
  • Serbian: “Zemlja Franca Jozefa”
  • Serbian: “Земля Франца-Иосифа”
  • Serbian: “Земља Франца Јозефа”
  • Serbian: “Земља Фрање Јосифа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zemlja Franje Josifa”
  • Slovak: “Zem Františka Jozefa”
  • Slovenian: “Dežela Franca Jožefa”
  • Slovenian: “Zemlja Franca Jožefa”
  • Spanish: “Archipielago de Fritjof Nansen”
  • Spanish: “Archipiélago de Fritjof Nansen”
  • Spanish: “Tierra de Francisco Jose”
  • Spanish: “Tierra de Francisco José”
  • Swahili: “Funguvisiwa la Franz Josef”
  • Swahili: “Funguvisiwa ya Franz Josef”
  • Swedish: “Frans Josefs land”
  • Swedish: “Frans-Josefs land”
  • Swedish: “Franz Josef Land”
  • Swedish: “Franz Josefs Land”
  • Tajik: “Замини Франс Иосиф”
  • Tatar: “Франц-Иосиф җире”
  • Thai: “Francis Joseph’s Land”
  • Thai: “Franz Josef Land”
  • Thai: “Franz Joseph Land”
  • Thai: “ซิมเลียฟรันต์ซาโยซีฟา”
  • Thai: “ฟรันซ์โจเซฟแลนด์”
  • Thai: “ฟรานซ์โจเซฟแลนด์”
  • Turkish: “Franz Josef Toprakları”
  • Udmurt: “Франц-Иосифлэн Музъемез”
  • Ukrainian: “Земля Франца-Йосипа”
  • Ukrainian: “Земля Франца-Йосифа”
  • Uzbek: “Frans-iosif yeri”
  • Uzbek: “Frans-Iosif Yeri”
  • Vietnamese: “Đất Franz Josef”
  • Vietnamese: “Đất Franz Joseph”
  • Vietnamese: “Franz Josef Land”
  • Vietnamese: “Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Katunaan Franz Josef”
  • Western Frisian: “Frâns Joazeflân”
  • Western Frisian: “Frâns Jozeflân”
  • Western Frisian: “Franz Joseflân”
  • Wu Chinese: “法兰士约瑟夫地群岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “法蘭茨約瑟夫地群島”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Franz Josef Land”. Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.