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Franz Josef Land

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Franz Josef Land is a Russian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, constituting the northernmost part of Arkhangelsk Oblast. It consists of 192 islands covering about 16,134 square kilometers, stretching 375 kilometers east to west and 234 kilometers north to south, and is inhabited only by military personnel. The islands fall into three groups separated by the British Channel and the Austrian Strait, with the central group further divided by the Markham Sound, and its largest island is Prince George Land, followed by Wilczek Land, Graham Bell Island, and Alexandra Land. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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National Park or Reserve 1
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Glaciation, Processes
Source Franz Josef Land (Wikipedia)

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1. Wikidata: Franz Josef Land
  • Wikidata Q185018, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • a nature sanctuary since 1994 and became part of the Russian Arctic National Park in 2012
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Franz Josef Land (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Franz Josef Land (Russian: Земля́ Фра́нца-Ио́сифа, romanized: Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa) is a Russian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.
  • Caused By: Glaciation, Lead sentence
    Compared to other Arctic archipelagos, Franz Josef Land is highly dissected, as a result of it being heavily glaciated, with a very low ratio of total area to coastline of only approximately 3.6 square kilometers per coastline kilometer.
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