Eva Island
| Остров Ева-Лив | |
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Location of the Belaya Zemlya subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago
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 Eva-Liv Island
Eva Island |
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| Coordinates | 81°38′N 63°06′E / 81.633°N 63.100°E |
| Archipelago |
Belaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land |
| Area | 288 km2 (111 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 381 m (1,250 ft) |
| Highest point | Kupol Vostok Chetvyortyy |
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Eva-Liv Island (Russian: Остров Ева-Лив; Ostrov Yeva-Liv), also known as Eva Island, is the northeasternmost island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Arctic.
The area where Eva Island lies was named Hvidtenland (White Land) by Fridtjof Nansen who reached Eva Island's coast on August 5, 1895 during his polar expedition with Hjalmar Johansen which ended at Franz Josef Land. In his map he drew two islands and he named the largest one to the east Eva Island after his wife Eva Nansen (died in 1907). The "island" to the west, which Nansen reached two days later, was named "Liv Island".
This is the point of the Franz Josef Archipelago that Russian navigator Valerian Albanov of the doomed Brusilov expedition was trying to reach when he left the Svyataya Anna with part of the crew. Albanov, however, ended up far to the southwest in Alexandra Land.
Eva Island is roughly rabbit-shaped and its surface is 288 km2 (111 sq mi). The westernmost headland is Cape Kyuv, and the northernmost Cape Mesyatsev. The sea surrounding the island is frozen most of the year.
Since the limit of permanent ice crosses Belaya Zemlya, it is often difficult to distinguish between land and sea. However, as the cartography of the Franz Josef Archipelago became more accurate, it became apparent that "Liv Island" was only a peninsula at the western end of Eva Island. Therefore, some maps mention "Eva-Liv Island", a combination of both names. The bay formed by the isthmus area on the northern side is Bukhta Kapriznaya.
Eva Island is totally covered by Kupol Vostok Chetviortyy (Купол Восток Четвёртый), an ice dome reaching 382 m (1,253 ft) at its summit, which is also the highest point of the island. The Liv Peninsula is covered by a smaller ice dome named Kupol Vostok Tretiy (Купол Восток Третий).
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