Английская Википедия:Brady Island
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Brady Island (Шаблон:Lang-ru) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.
Geography
The island has a maximum altitude of Шаблон:Convert. Between its northernmost point, Cape Wiese (Russian: мыс Визе), and its southernmost point, Cape Krasovsky (Russian: мыс Красовского), it is about Шаблон:Convert in length. Located in the central part of the archipelago, it lies Шаблон:Convert west of McClintock Island, separated by the Aberdare Strait (Russian: пролив Абердэр). Brice, Bliss, and Leigh-Smith Island are located to the north and west of Brady Island, beyond the Sidorov Strait (Russian: пролив Сидорова).[1]
History
The island was discovered by Benjamin Leigh Smith in 1880. It is most likely named after Henry Bowman Brady, a zoologist who examined collections from both the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition and Albert Hastings Markham’s expedition in 1879.[2]Шаблон:Rp The expedition also gave the name Cape Speelman to what is now Cape Krasovsky, after Jhr. M. H. Speelman (1852–1907), a lieutenant on the Dutch Arctic expeditions 1878–1879. The current name was given in 1950, in honour of Russian scientist Feodosy Krasovsky.[2]Шаблон:Rp
See also
References
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