Wrangel Island
Wrangel Island is an Arctic island in Chukotka in the Russian Far East. For its rare Arctic tundra ecosystem, home to over 400 rare plant species and large quantities of charismatic megafauna, including Pacific walruses, polar bears, and grey whales, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,100 metres (3,600 feet)
- …is also known as “Ostrov Vrangelya”
- Description: island in East Siberian and Chukotka Seas, Russia
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Latitude
71.2444° or 71° 14′ 40″ north
Longitude
-179.3848° or 179° 23′ 5″ west
Open location code
C2326JV8+P3
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Wrangel Island” goes by many names.
WrangeleilandAfrikaans
جزيرة رانجلArabic
Վրանգելի կղզիArmenian
VrangelAzerbaijani
Vrangel adasıAzerbaijani
Wrangel uharteaBasque
Востраў УрангеляBelarusian
ভ্রাংগেল দ্বীপBengali
ВрангелBulgarian
Illa de WrangelCatalan
Illa WrangelCatalan
Wrangel IslandCebuano
Wrangel Island (pulo sa Rusya)Cebuano
弗兰格尔岛Chinese
弗兰格尔岛自然保护区Chinese
弗蘭格爾島Chinese
Otok WrangelCroatian
Vrangelov otokCroatian
Wrangelov otokCroatian
Wrangelův ostrovCzech
Wrangel-øenDanish
WrangelDutch
Wrangel (eiland)Dutch
جزيره رانجلEgyptian Arabic
Vrangela Insulo de SiberioEsperanto
Kelletti maaEstonian
Ploveri saarEstonian
Wrangeli saarEstonian
VrangelinsaariFinnish
Wrangelin saariFinnish
WrangelGalician
ვრანგელის კუნძულიGeorgian
Νήσος ΒράνγκελGreek
וראנגלHebrew
ורנגלHebrew
रैंगल द्वीपHindi
Vrangel-szigetHungarian
Wrangel eyjaIcelandic
Pulau WrangelIndonesian
UmikiłiqInupiaq
Oileán WrangelIrish
Isola di WrangelItalian
Isola WrangelItalian
ウランゲリ島Japanese
ウランゲル島Japanese
Врангель аралыKirghiz
브란겔 섬Korean
브란겔랴 섬Korean
Insula WrangeliiLatin
Vrangeļa salaLatvian
Vrangelio salaLithuanian
WrangeleilandLow German
Врангелов ОстровMacedonian
റാങ്കൽ ദ്വീപ്Malayalam
Gżira ta‘ WrangelMaltese
Wrangel TóMin Nan Chinese
Врангелийн аралMongolian
WrangeleilunNorthern Frisian
VrangeljaNorwegian
VrangeløyaNorwegian
VrangeløyaNorwegian Bokmål
WrangeløyaNorwegian Bokmål
Ostrov VrangeljaNorwegian Nynorsk
VrangeløyaNorwegian Nynorsk
WrangeløyaNorwegian Nynorsk
Остров ВрангеляNorwegian Nynorsk
جزیرهٔ ورانگلPersian
Wyspa WranglaPolish
Insula VranghelRomanian
ВрангеляRussian
Врангеля островRussian
Остров ВрангеляRussian
Vrangelovo ostrvoSerbian
Врангелово острвоSerbian
Wrangelov otokSerbo-Croatian
Chitsuwa cha WirangeliShona
Wrangelov ostrovSlovak
WrangelönSwedish
Wrangels öSwedish
Ҷазираи ВрангелTajik
Врангель утравыTatar
เกาะแรงเกลThai
Vrangel AdasıTurkish
Врангеля острівUkrainian
Острів ВрангеляUkrainian
Vrangel oroliUzbek
Đảo WrangelVietnamese
Wrangeli saar‘Võro
Purô han WrangelWaray (Philippines)
Ynys WrangelWelsh
WrangelWestern Frisian
Wrangel-eilânWestern Frisian
弗兰格尔岛Wu Chinese
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