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.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Island
- Description: island in East Siberian and Chukotka Seas, Russia
- Also known as: “Île de Wrangel”, “Ile Wrangel”, “Ilha Wrangel”, “Illa Wrangel”, “Isola Wrangel”, “Kelletti maa”, “Ostrov Nakhodka”, “Ostrov Vrangelja”, “Ostrov Vrangelya”, “Ploveri saar”, “Réserve du système naturel de l’île Wrangel”, “Système naturel de la Réserve de l’île Wrangel”, “Vrangelinsaari”, “Vrangelya”, “Wrangel (eiland)”, “Wrangel eiland”, “Wrangel eyja”, “Wrangel-Insel”, “Wrangel-øen”, “Wrangeli saar‘”, “Wrangelin saari”, “Wrangell”, “Wrangelön”, “Wrangeløya”, “Врангеля острів”, “Врангеля остров”, “ורנגל”, “جزیرهٔ ورانگل”, and “ウランゲル島”
Wrangel Island
- Categories: World Heritage Site and landform
- Location: Chukotka, Russian Far East, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
71.2444° or 71° 14′ 40″ north
Longitude
-179.3848° or 179° 23′ 5″ west
Elevation
297 metres (974 feet)
Open location code
C2326JV8+P3
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Wrangel Island” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Wrangeleiland”
- Arabic: “جزيرة رانجل”
- Armenian: “Վրանգելի կղզի”
- Azerbaijani: “Vrangel adası”
- Azerbaijani: “Vrangel”
- Basque: “Wrangel uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Урангеля”
- Bengali: “ভ্রাংগেল দ্বীপ”
- Bulgarian: “Врангел”
- Catalan: “illa de Wrangel”
- Catalan: “Illa de Wrangel”
- Cebuano: “Wrangel Island (pulo sa Rusya)”
- Cebuano: “Wrangel Island”
- Chinese: “弗兰格尔岛”
- Chinese: “弗兰格尔岛自然保护区”
- Chinese: “弗蘭格爾島”
- Croatian: “Otok Wrangel”
- Croatian: “Vrangelov otok”
- Croatian: “Wrangelov otok”
- Czech: “Wrangelův ostrov”
- Danish: “Wrangeløen”
- Dutch: “Wrangel-eiland”
- Dutch: “Wrangel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره رانجل”
- Esperanto: “Vrangela Insulo de Siberio”
- Estonian: “Wrangeli saar”
- Finnish: “Wrangelinsaari”
- French: “île Wrangel”
- French: “Île Wrangel”
- Galician: “Wrangel”
- Georgian: “ვრანგელის კუნძული”
- German: “Wrangelinsel”
- Greek: “Νήσος Βράνγκελ”
- Hebrew: “וראנגל”
- Hindi: “रैंगल द्वीप”
- Hungarian: “Vrangel-sziget”
- Icelandic: “Wrangeleyja”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Wrangel”
- Inupiaq: “Umikiłiq”
- Irish: “Oileán Wrangel”
- Italian: “isola di Wrangel”
- Italian: “Isola di Wrangel”
- Japanese: “ウランゲリ島”
- Kirghiz: “Врангель аралы”
- Korean: “브란겔 섬”
- Korean: “브란겔랴 섬”
- Korean: “브란겔섬”
- Latin: “Insula Wrangelii”
- Latvian: “Vrangeļa sala”
- Lithuanian: “Vrangelio sala”
- Low German: “Wrangeleiland”
- Macedonian: “Врангелов Остров”
- Malayalam: “റാങ്കൽ ദ്വീപ്”
- Maltese: “Gżira ta‘ Wrangel”
- Maltese: “Gżira ta’ Wrangel”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wrangel Tó”
- Mongolian: “Врангелийн арал”
- Northern Frisian: “Wrangeleilun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vrangeløya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vrangeløya”
- Norwegian: “Vrangelja”
- Norwegian: “Vrangeløya”
- Persian: “جزیره ورانگل”
- Polish: “Wyspa Wrangla”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Wrangel”
- Romanian: “Insula Vranghel”
- Russian: “Врангеля”
- Russian: “Остров Врангеля”
- Serbian: “Vrangelovo ostrvo”
- Serbian: “Врангелово острво”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wrangelov otok”
- Shona: “Chitsuwa cha Wirangeli”
- Slovak: “Wrangelov ostrov”
- Spanish: “Isla de Wrangel”
- Swedish: “Wrangels ö”
- Tajik: “Ҷазираи Врангел”
- Tatar: “Врангель утравы”
- Thai: “เกาะแรงเกล”
- Turkish: “Vrangel Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Врангеля”
- Uzbek: “Vrangel oroli”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Wrangel”
- Võro: “Wrangeli saar”
- Waray (Philippines): “Purô han Wrangel”
- Welsh: “Ynys Wrangel”
- Western Frisian: “Wrangel-eilân”
- Western Frisian: “Wrangel”
- Wu Chinese: “弗兰格尔岛”
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