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Franz Josef Land (island group) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 81 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 81.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 055 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 55.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Consists of 148 islands; the largest are Aleksandra Land, George Land, Wilczek Land & Graham Bell Island; was charted by Austrians Payer & Weyprecht in 1873; claimed by Russia in 1928; home to many species of Arctic plants, birds, walrus & seal. |
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| Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa (preferred,C,V)
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| Zeml'a Franca-Iosifa (C,V)
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| Franz Joseph Land (C,O)
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| Franz Josef Land (C,O,English-P)
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| Francisco José, Tierra (C,O)
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| François-Joseph, Îles du (C,O)
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| Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa (C,U,O,Russian-P)
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| Franz Josef Archipelago (C,U)
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| Franz Josef Islands (C,U)
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| Fridtjof Nansen (C,U)
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| Fridtjof Nansen Land (C,U)
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| Fritjof Nansen Land (C,U)
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| Kaiser Franz Josef Land (C,U)
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| Ostrova Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa (C,U)
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| Terre Francois Joseph (C,U)
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| Земля Франца-Иосифа (C,U,Russian)
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