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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FRANZ JOSEF LAND

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PRONUNCIATION OF FRANZ JOSEF LAND

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRANZ JOSEF LAND

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WHAT DOES FRANZ JOSEF LAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Franz Josef Land

Franz Josef Land

Franz Josef Land, Franz Joseph Land or Francis Joseph's Land is an uninhabited archipelago located in the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea and Kara Sea, constituting the northernmost part of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It consists of 191 islands, which cover an area of 16,134 square kilometers, stretching 375 kilometers from east to west and 234 kilometers from north to south. The islands are categorized in three groups, a western, central and eastern, separated by the British Channel and the Austrian Strait. The central group is further divided into a northern and southern section by the Markham Strait. The largest island is George Land, which measures 2,741 square kilometers, followed by Wilczek Land, Graham Bell Island and Alexandra Land. Eighty-five percent of the archipelago is glaciated, with large unglaciated areas being located on the largest islands and many of the smallest islands. The islands have a combined coastline of 4,425 square kilometers. Compared to other Arctic archipelagos, Franz Joseph Land has a high dissection rate of 3.6 square kilometers per coastline kilometer.

Definition of Franz Josef Land in the English dictionary

The definition of Franz Josef Land in the dictionary is an archipelago of over 100 islands in the Arctic Ocean, administratively part of Russia. Area: about 21 000 sq km Russian name: Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa,.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE FRANZ JOSEF LAND

Arnhem Land
Byrd Land
Enderby Land
Graham Land
Holy Land
Marie Byrd Land
Palmer Land
Promised Land
Queen Maud Land
Rupert´s Land
the Holy Land
Van Diemen´s Land
Victoria Land
Waste Land
Wilkes Land

Synonyms and antonyms of Franz Josef Land in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Franz Josef Land» into 25 languages

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The translations of Franz Josef Land from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Franz Josef Land» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

法兰士约瑟夫地
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Translator English - Spanish

Franz Josef Land
570 millions of speakers

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Franz Josef Land
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Translator English - Hindi

फ्रांज जोसेफ भूमि
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Translator English - Arabic

فرانز جوزيف لاند
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Translator English - Russian

Земля Франца-Иосифа
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Translator English - Portuguese

Franz Josef Land
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Translator English - Bengali

ফ্রাঞ্জ জোসেফ ল্যান্ড
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Translator English - French

Terre Franz Josef
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Translator English - Malay

Franz Josef Land
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Translator English - German

Franz -Josef-Land
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Translator English - Japanese

フランツヨーゼフランド
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Translator English - Korean

프란츠 요셉 랜드
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Translator English - Javanese

Franz Josef Land
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Franz Josef Land
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Translator English - Tamil

ஃப்ரான்ஸ் ஜோஸ்ஃப் லேண்ட்
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Translator English - Marathi

फ्रांत्झ जोसेफ जमीन
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Translator English - Turkish

Franz Josef Land
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Translator English - Italian

Terra di Francesco Giuseppe
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Translator English - Polish

Ziemia Franciszka Józefa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Земля Франца - Йосипа
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Translator English - Romanian

Franz Josef Land
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Translator English - Greek

Franz Josef Land
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Franz Josef Land
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Translator English - Swedish

Franz Josefs land
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Translator English - Norwegian

Franz Josef Land
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The term «Franz Josef Land» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.789 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Franz Josef Land

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRANZ JOSEF LAND»

Discover the use of Franz Josef Land in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Franz Josef Land and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Spitsbergen:
The fourth edition of this critically acclaimed guide introduces travellers to the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, the neighbouring Norwegian island of Jan Mayen, and the Russian Arctic archipelago of Franz Josef Land.
Andreas Umbreit, 2009
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The Franz Josef land archipelago: E.B. Baldwin's journal of ...
Lying above the Arctic Circle in the northernmost province of Russia, this remote series of islands was only discovered by Westerners in 1873, and remains little known today.
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, Peter Joseph Capelotti, 2004
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Glacier Change in Franz Josef Land, 1952--2004
2.1 History of Franz Josef Land The discovery of Franz Josef Land is a matter of historical debate. The discovery of new land in the Arctic was often a matter of coincidence with whaling and sealing activities, and hence was typically kept a ...
Christopher Warren Helm, 2007
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The Geology of Svalbard
Open marine conditions became widespread in the west and northern Barents Shelf, with transgression and subsidence in Spitsbergen and Franz Josef Land ( Mikhailov 1979a). The Billefjorden Fault Zone was active, giving rise to condensed ...
Walter Brian Harland, Lester M. Anderson, Daoud Manasrah, 1997
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Svalbard, 5th: Spitzbergen, Jan Mayen, Frank Josef Land
Hanssen, Olaf and Lid, Johannes Flowering Plants of Franz Josef Land - Collected on the Norwegian Scientific Expedition 1930 Skrifter om Svalbard 0g Ishavet Nr 39, Det Kongelige Departementet for Handel, Sjofart, Industri, Handverk og ...
Andreas Umbreit, 2013
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Encyclopedia of the Arctic
Raised glacimarine terraces, dated at 8000 years BP, suggest that Franz Josef Land ice masses were at or behind their present margins by the early Holocene. The archipelago was not charted until 1873, although hunters knew of the ...
Mark Nuttall, 2012
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A Thousand Days in the Arctic
TABLE II—MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURES OF THE AIR AT CAPE FLORA, FRANZ JOSEF LAND . . -. . . . . . TABLE III-—EXTREMES OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, WITH ACCOMPANYING TEMPERATURE, WIND AND WEATHER,  ...
Frederick G. Jackson, 2011
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Arctic Sea Ice: Proceedings of the Conference
Franz Josef Land (including Victoria Island). 2. Novaya Zemlya. 3. Severnaya Zemlya (including Schmidt and Ushakov islands). 4. De Long Island. B. Continental part of the Arctic— 5. Polar Urals. 6. Taimyr Peninsula. 7. Kharaulach Mountains ...
‎1958
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Guide to Spitsbergen: Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, Jan Mayen
In this fully revised and expanded edition of Guide to Spitsbergen, author Andreas Umbreit, the acknowledged expert on the region, describes in detail the complex history of the archipelago and its present-day attractions.
Andreas Umbreit, 1997
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Franz Josef Land
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRANZ JOSEF LAND»

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US cedes Arctic to Russia: 'We're not even in the same league,' says …
Then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin jumps off a cross-country vehicle as he arrives to a research institute at the Franz Josef Land ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
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Rosneft completes Arctic research expedition
... and the Laptiev Sea, as well as on the archipelagos of Novaya Zemlya, Severnaya Zemlya, New Siberian Islands and the Franz Josef Land. «Alaska Dispatch News, Jun 15»
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Russian Army Begins UAV Monitoring in Arctic Region
According to the military official, Takhion and Eleron-3 drones, tested in mid-May in the Arctic archipelago of Franz Josef Land, were launched ... «Sputnik International, Jun 15»
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Russian navy sending nearly 45000 tons of goods to Arctic bases
Among the bases which will be supplied are also the newly reopened bases at Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya, New Siberian Islands and ... «Alaska Dispatch News, Jun 15»
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Has the Last Human Trekked to the North Pole?
Polar explorer Thomas Ulrich skis across a melt pond on sea ice near Champ Island, in Russia's Franz Josef Land, in 2009. Climate change is ... «National Geographic, May 15»
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Family Photos From Ukraine - Spiritually Free
We spent two months in the Franz Josef Land archipelago, hiking from one island to another over the ice. I was the only Ukrainian in the bunch, ... «The Moscow Times, May 15»
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Swiss adventurer trains for lifetime Arctic test
... Patagonia Ice Shelf unaided, he has also taken on an expedition from the North Pole to Franz Josef Land, an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean ... «swissinfo.ch, Apr 15»
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Instagrammer of the Week: Andy Manns Adventurous Life
The hairiest thing that has ever happened to me was in Franz Josef Land, near the North Pole on a Nat Geo assignment. A group of divers, ... «Daily Beast, Mar 15»
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How do we face up to ice loss?
Temperatures of 8-10oC. above average warmed up the Barents Sea between Svalbad and Franz Josef Land. April will see whether there has ... «The Earth Times, Mar 15»
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World's Largest Single Marine Reserve Created in Pacific
... worth the trip,” he says. Pristine Seas Project: Completed Expeditions. Completed expeditions. Protected areas. 1. Franz Josef Land. Russia. «National Geographic, Mar 15»

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