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Franz Josef Land

Proper noun

Meaning

Franz Josef Land

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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

"I visited Franz Josef Land yesterday. Source: Internet

They had reached 86°34N on 24 April 1900, in an attempt to reach the North Pole from Franz Josef Land. Source: Internet

Nansen (1897), Vol. II p. 276 Whether this still-distant land was Franz Josef Land or a new discovery they did not know—they had only a rough sketch map to guide them. Source: Internet

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