Franz Josef Land

English

Alternative forms

• Franz Joseph Land, Francis Joseph's Land

Etymology

The first reported finding was in the 1873 Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition led by Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht, who named the area after Emperor Franz Joseph I.

Proper noun

Franz Josef Land

1. An archipelago in the Arctic Ocean in the north of Russia, north of Novaya Zemlya, east of Svalbard.

Translations

archipelago in Russia

• Armenian: Ֆրանց Յոսիֆի երկիր (Francʻ Yosifi erkir)
• Danish: Franz Josefs Land
• Estonian: Franz Josephi maa
• Finnish: Frans Joosefin maa (fi)
• French: terre François-Joseph (fr) f
• German: Franz-Josef-Land (de) n
• Russian: Земля́ Фра́нца-Ио́сифа (ru) f (Zemljá Fránca-Iósifa)
• Spanish: Tierra de Francisco José f
• Swedish: Frans Josefs land n

See also

• Novaya Zemlya
• Kara Sea
• Arctic Ocean