세계의 주요 섬(83)/ 콤소몰레츠(러시아, 8,812㎢)
콤소몰레츠 섬[Komsomolets Island]은 러시아 세베르나야제믈랴 제도[Severnaya Zemlya Islands]의 북쪽에 있는 섬이다. 면적은 8,812㎢이고, 섬의 65%는 얼음에 뒤덮여 있다. 1913년 러시아의 탐험대가 발견하였다.
Komsomolets Island (Russian: остров Комсомолец) is the northernmost island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic, and the third largest island in the group. It is the 83rd largest island on earth. The northernmost point of the island is called the Arctic Cape. This is the launching point for many Arctic expeditions.
The area of this island has been estimated at 8,812km². It rises to a height of 780m. About 65% of the island is covered with glaciers. Komsomolets Island is home to the largest ice cap in Russia, the Academy of Sciences Ice Cap.
The soil of the island is mostly composed of loose loam and sands, a tundra desert scattered with mosses and lichens.
The island was discovered by Boris Vilkitsky in 1913, but its insularity wasn’t proven until 1931, when Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev charted the archipelago during their 1930–32 expedition. They also named it. In keeping with their scheme of naming the islands after events and movements of the Russian Revolution, this island was named in honour of the members of the Komsomol, the "Communist Union of Youth".
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