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Greely Island

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Location of the Franz Josef Archipelago

Greely Island (Russian: Ostrov Grili) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. Its area is 127 km² and it is almost completely glacierized.

Greely Island is separated from Ziegler Island by a narrow sound.

This island was named after American Arctic explorer Adolphus Greely.

Adjacent Islands

  • Ostrov Brosh (Brosch Island) is a large island with unglacierized shores lying off Greely Island's northern coastline. This island was named after Gustav Brosch, a naval lieutenant from Bohemia in the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition.
  • Ostrov Keyna (Kane Island), is another large partly unglacierized island lying off Greely Island's northeastern shore, southeast of Brosch Island and separated from it by a 2 km narrow sound. This island was named after American Arctic explorer Dr. Elisha Kent Kane. This island appears as Ostrov Kuna in many maps.

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