Alger Island, Russia
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| Russian: Остров Алджер | |
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Location of the Franz Josef Archipelago.
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| Geography | |
| Location | Arctic |
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| Archipelago | Franz Josef Archipelago |
| Length | 10 km (6 mi) |
| Width | 4.7 km (2.92 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 429 m (1,407 ft) |
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| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Alger Island (Russian: Остров Алджер; Ostrov Aldzher) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. Lat 80° 22′ N, long 56° 03′ E.
The length of Alger Island is 10 km (6.2 mi) and its maximum width 4.7 km (2.9 mi). Its highest point is 429 m (1,407 ft). This island is mostly unglaciated, having only a relatively small ice cap in its northern end. There is a wide unglaciated area on its southwestern shore.
Alger Island is located north of McClintock Island, separated from it by a 2 km (1.2 mi) narrow sound.
The wintering site of the 1901 failed American Baldwin-Ziegler Expedition was on Alger Island. They named this island after 19th-century American author Horatio Alger who was a significant figure of American cultural and social ideals at that time.
Off Alger Island's southwestern shores lies Ostrov Matil'dy (Остров Матильды), a very small, barely 1 km (0.62 mi) long, island.
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- Names in Russian: ru:Список островов России
- Baldwin-Ziegler expedition & [3]
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