Franz Josef Land

E130247

Arctic archipelago archipelago

Franz Josef Land is a remote, largely glaciated Arctic archipelago in the far north of Russia, known for its extreme polar climate and strategic location in the Barents and Kara Seas.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Franz Josef Land canonical	4
Franz Josef Land (regionally)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arctic archipelago ⓘ archipelago ⓘ
administeredBy	Arkhangelsk Oblast ⓘ Great Arctic State Nature Reserve ⓘ surface form: Russian Arctic National Park
borderedBy	Barents Sea ⓘ Kara Sea ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
discoveredBy	Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition ⓘ Julius von Payer NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Weyprecht ⓘ
discoveryDate	1873 ⓘ
hasAverageTemperature	below freezing for most of the year ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	largely glaciated ⓘ remote ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ strategic location ⓘ
hasClimate	polar climate ⓘ
hasEnvironment	extreme Arctic conditions ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Cape Fligely ⓘ Rubini Rock ⓘ
hasHumanPresence	military installations ⓘ seasonal research stations ⓘ
hasLargestIsland	George Land ⓘ
hasMajorIsland	Alexandra Land ⓘ Graham Bell Island ⓘ Hall Island ⓘ Wilczek Land ⓘ
hasNumberOfIslands	about 190 ⓘ
hasSeaIce	multi-year sea ice ⓘ
hasWildlife	Arctic fox ⓘ surface form: Arctic foxes polar bears ⓘ seabirds ⓘ walruses ⓘ
locatedIn	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Barents Sea ⓘ Arctic region ⓘ surface form: High Arctic Kara Sea ⓘ far north of Russia ⓘ
namedAfter	Franz Joseph I of Austria ⓘ
partOf	Arkhangelsk Oblast ⓘ Northern Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Arctic Great Arctic State Nature Reserve ⓘ surface form: Russian Arctic National Park
protectedAs	nature reserve ⓘ
sovereignState	Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation
strategicFor	Arctic military operations ⓘ Northeast Passage ⓘ surface form: Northern Sea Route
subjectTo	Russian environmental regulations ⓘ
usedFor	military purposes ⓘ polar research ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kara Sea → hasIslandGroup → Franz Josef Land ⓘ

Arkhangelsk Oblast → hasPart → Franz Josef Land ⓘ

Soviet Arctic expeditions → mainRegion → Franz Josef Land ⓘ

Yugorsky Strait → isSouthOf → Franz Josef Land ⓘ

this entity surface form: Franz Josef Land (regionally)

Ivory gull → breedingRange → Franz Josef Land ⓘ