Payer Island

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Payer Island is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia. This island was named after Julius Johannes Ludovicus von Payer an Austro-Hungarian arctic explorer and an Arctic landscape artist, one of the leaders of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition.

Geography

Payer Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Land. Its area is 151 km2 and it lies to the SE of Jackson Island. The headland at the northern end is Mys Nordik. The center of the island is covered by an ice dome named Kupol Frolova (Купол Фролова). Its highest point reaches 452 m.

Adjacent islands

Very close to Payer Island, off its easternmost point, lie some small islands:

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