Kara SeaRussia
77°04′N 100°19′E
Firnley Islands
острова Фирнлея
The Firnley Islands (Russian: острова Фирнлея; Ostrova Firnleya, Nynorsk: Firnleyøyane) is a group of three small islands covered with tundra vegetation and with scattered stones on their shores.
Overview
The Firnley Islands (Russian: острова Фирнлея; Ostrova Firnleya, Nynorsk: Firnleyøyane) is a group of three small islands covered with tundra vegetation and with scattered stones on their shores. They lie in the Kara Sea, close to the bleak coast of Siberia's Taymyr Peninsula, not far east of the Nordenskjold Archipelago. These islands lie about 35 km from the continental shore. The Firnley Islands were named by Fridtjof Nansen. He named the island group after Thomas Fearnley, a Norwegian merchant who was one of the main financiers of the Fram expedition. They were also explored later by the Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands3
- Islets1
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Yuzhny Island
- Area
- 1.6 km²
- High point
- 30 m
остров Центральный
- Area
- 0.86 km²
- High point
- 19 m
Minor islands
остров Длинный
- Area
- 0.52 km²
- High point
- 6 m
Dlinny Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Tsentralny Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Islets
- остров Фирнлея-Северный10 m · 0.07 km²
Figures
Comparative heights
- Yuzhny: 30 m
- остров Центральный: 19 m
- остров Фирнлея-Северный: 10 m
- остров Длинный: 6 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Yuzhny Island | 1.6 km² |
| остров Центральный | 0.86 km² |
| остров Длинный | 0.52 km² |
| остров Фирнлея-Северный | 0.07 km² |