Остров Куна | |
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Geography | |
Location | Arctic |
Coordinates | 81°07′32″N 58°23′34″E / 81.125444°N 58.392893°E |
Archipelago | Franz Josef Archipelago |
Area | 17.5 km2 (6.8 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 228 m (748 ft) |
Administration | |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
Kuhn Island ( Russian: Остров Куна; Ostrov Kuna) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.
The island has a maximum altitude of 228 m (748 ft). Between its westernmost point, Cape Golovin (Russian: мыс Головина), and its easternmost point, Cape Obryvisty (Russian: мыс Обрывистый), it is about 8 km (5 mi) in length. Just south of Kuhn Island lies the small Brosch Island (Russian: Остров Брош, Ostrov Brosh) with a maximum height of 85 m (279 ft). Kane Island lies to the east. All three islands are separated from the larger Greely Island to the south by the Sternek Strait (Russian: пролив Штернека). [1]
The island was discovered by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition in 1874 and was named in honour of the Austro-Hungarian minister of war Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld, a patron of Julius Payer, one of the expedition's leaders. [2]