Zemlya Georga, or Prince George Land, is the largest island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Arctic. Zemlya Georga was named by Frederick George Jackson after Prince George. With a total surface of 2,821 square kilometres, slightly larger than Luxembourg, Zemlya Georga is the largest island of the Franz Josef Archipelago. I…Zemlya Georga, or Prince George Land, is the largest island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Arctic. Zemlya Georga was named by Frederick George Jackson after Prince George. With a total surface of 2,821 square kilometres, slightly larger than Luxembourg, Zemlya Georga is the largest island of the Franz Josef Archipelago. It is also the longest, with a distance of 115 kilometres between its northernmost and its southernmost ends. The highest point of the island is the summit of Brusilov Ice Dome, the northeastern ice dome, at 416 metres.
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