McClintock Island (Ostrov Mak-Klintoka) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. This island is roughly square-shaped and its maximum length is 33 km. Its area is 612 km² and it is largely glaciated. Its highest point is 521 m. The island's northernmost point is called Cape Greely (мыс Грили). The northerwestern point is Cape Karpinsky (мыс Карпинского), the southwestern point is Cape Dillon (мыс Диллона). From north to south, Cape Bergen (мыс Берген), Cape Brünn (мыс Брюнн), and Cape Oppolzer (мыс Оппольцера) are located on the eastern shore.

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History

The island was discovered by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition in March 1874. They named it after Irish explorer of the Arctic Francis Leopold McClintock. During his third sledge trip, co-expedition leader Julius Payer climbed Cape Brünn from which he attempted to survey the southern coast of Zichy Land and estimated the westward extent of Franz Josef Land to reach 50° E at least. The Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition were the next to set foot on the island on 1 September 1901, at Cape Dillon. This was also the spot where the first members of the stranded Ziegler Polar Expedition were found by Johan Kjeldsen aboard the Terra Nova on 30 July 1905.