Hooker Island
| остров Гукера | |
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Post Office. Tikhaya Bay
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Location of Hooker Island in Franz Josef Land
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| Geography | |
| Location | Arctic |
| Coordinates | 80°14′N 53°02′E / 80.233°N 53.033°ECoordinates: 80°14′N 53°02′E / 80.233°N 53.033°E |
| Archipelago | Franz Josef Archipelago |
| Area | 459.8 km2 (177.5 sq mi) |
| Length | 32.8 km (20.38 mi) |
| Width | 29.9 km (18.58 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 576 m (1,890 ft) |
| Highest point | Kupol Dzhensona |
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| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Hooker Island (Russian: остров Гукера; Ostrov Gukera) is one of the central islands of Franz Josef Land. It is located in the central area of the archipelago at 80°14′N 53°01′E / 80.23°N 53.02°E. It is administered by the Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.
Hooker Island was named after British naturalist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker who went with James Clark Ross' expedition on ships Erebus and Terror to Antarctica in 1839.
Remains of a plesiosaur (Peloneustes philarchus) have been found in Hooker Island. Caribou antlers have been found as well, suggesting that herds reached here up to about 1,300 years ago during a period where the earth had a warmer climate.
Tikhaya Bay was the site of a major base for polar expeditions, and the location of a meteorological station from 1929 to 1963. There is another bay in the south of the island called Zaliv Makarova and another in the east known as Ledn. Eleniy.
The island was visited by the Graf Zeppelin airship in July 1931 during a landmark aerial survey. German staff were marooned here from 1941 to 1945 during World War II. A graveyard and two modern buildings exist.
The highest point in Hooker Island is the summit of the western ice dome, Kupol Dzhensona (Купол Дженсона), at 576 metres (1,890 feet). There is another ice dome further north Kupol Yuriya (Купол Юрия), as well as a glacier with its terminus in the southern shore, the Obruchev Glacier.
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