Franz Josef Land

American  

[land, lahnt] / lænd, lɑnt /

noun

1. an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, E of Spitzbergen and N of Novaya Zemlya: belongs to the Russian Federation.

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Franz Josef Land British  

/ frants ˈjoːzɛf /

noun

1. Russian name: Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa.  an archipelago of over 100 islands in the Arctic Ocean, administratively part of Russia. Area: about 21 000 sq km (8000 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Franz Josef Land, a jumble of glacier-covered islands in the Arctic Ocean named after an Austro-Hungarian emperor, was until a few years ago mostly uninhabited, home to polar bears, walruses, sea birds and little else.

From New York Times

Balabeg A. Eminov is the commander of the anti-ship battery and other facilities on Franz Josef Land, called the Trefoil Base.

From New York Times

Russia now has a military base at the top of the world – on the remote archipelago of Franz Josef Land.

From BBC

This week’s drills were conducted around Alexandra Land, an island that is part of the Franz Josef Land archipelago where the military has recently built a base.

From Seattle Times

“In the past few years, Russia has modernised its northern nuclear submarine fleet and expanded their military presence on the nearby Franz Josef Land archipelago,” says Ryggvik.

From The Guardian