Ziegler Island

Ziegler Island is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.

Geography

This island is long, stretching from the NW to the SE. Its area is and it is almost completely unglacierized. The highest point on Ziegler Island is. Cape Brice marks the northwestern corner. Cape Washington lies in the very east. The southernmost point is called Cape Belousov.

Adjacent islands

Ziegler Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. Booth Channel separates it from Payer Island and Greely Island to the north. Salisbury Island lies across Rhodes Channel to the south. To the east, beyond Collinson Channel, is Wiener Neustadt Island.
Ostrov Ugol'noy Kopi or Coal Mine Island is a round island wedged between Ziegler Island and Greely Island at. It is about in diameter. The highest point of the unglacierized island is. Ugol'noy Kopi is separated from Ziegler Island by about.

History

The southeast of Ziegler Island was sighted by the Austro-Hungarian [North Pole expedition] in 1874. Co-expedition leader Julius [von Payer|Julius Payer] presumed that it was connected to the other islands of Zichy Land.
The exploration done by the 1894–1897 Jackson-Harmsworth expedition reduced the supposed landmass of Zichy Land appearing on the maps considerably. Jackson sighted Ziegler Island from the northwest and named Cape Brice after, the expedition's secretary.
The 1901–1902 Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition on ships America, Frithjof, and Belgica named Cape Washington and were the first to set foot on the island. In May 1902 ascertained that Ziegler Island was a distinct entity. He named the island after the expedition sponsor, New York businessman William Ziegler. Ziegler was also the sponsor behind the 1903–1905 Ziegler-Fiala Polar Expedition that improved upon Baldwin's map.
The Austrian observing site Payer–Weyprecht was established around the start of the 20th century on this island.