English Explanatory Dictionary

Franz Josef Land

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Franz Josef Land 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.

Related words

Novaya Zemlya Kara Sea Arctic Ocean
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