Pioneer Island

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Pioneer Island, Russia.
Pioneer Island, Russia.

Pioneer Island is part of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic. It measures 1,527 km² (590 sq mi) in area, houses Pioneer Glacier.

This island houses the Pioneer Glacier. [1]

There has been a request to rename this island Svyataya Tatiana (St. Tatiana). [2]


Geological and biological data: [3] & [4]

This island should not be confused with Pioneer Island in Canada (Latitude: 76° 57' 0 N, Longitude: 96° 49' 60 W). It also has nothing to do with Pioneer Island [5] in the Tom Goes to the Mayor comedy.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Russian Arctic - Severnaya Zemlya
  2. ^ http://eng.www.r24.kadastr.ru/search/?text=severnaya+zemlya&all_regions=&document_type=&select=0
  3. ^ Cat.Inist
  4. ^ http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1402-2001(199905)2%3A1%3C25%3AIBVDAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B
  5. ^ Tom Goes to the Mayor/Pioneer Island - The TV IV
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