Zemlya Georga (Russian: Земля Георга) is a large island (2821 km²) located at 80.5° N 49° E. It is a part of the Franz Josef Land, Russia. Location of Franz Josef Land (Map is annotated in German). ...
Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, N of Novaya Zemlya, NW Russia; over 160 islands of volcanic origin; declared Soviet territory in 1926; most northerly land of the E hemisphere; uninhabited save for a meteorological station on Ostrov Gukera (Hooker I).
The northeastern part of the archipelago is locked in pack ice all year round, however the ice sometimes retreats past the southern islands in the late summer.
After travelling east along the 81st parallel to Severnaya Zemlya, it returned to Hooker Island and began a groundbreaking aerial survey of the archipelago, flying as far north as Ostrov Rudolfa.
The Land is situated in the Arctic Ocean to the north from Novaya Zemlya and to the east from Spitsbergen (Svalbard), and administratively it belongs to Arkhangelsk Region.
The biggest islands are Alexandra's Land (Zemlya Aleksandry), George's Land (ZemlyaGeorga), Wilchek's Land (Zemlya Vilcheka), Graham Bell Island and Gallya Island.
An airfield was built at Greem Bell Island to serve as a staging base for Russian bomber aircraft, and training missions were quite common between Franz Josef Land, the mainland, and Novaya Zemlya (New Land).
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