Karl-Alexander Island

Geography

Adjacent islands

• Off Karl Alexander Island's northwestern point lie the Chichagov Islands. These islands were named after Arctic explorer Pavel Vasilievich Chichagov, the son of Admiral Vasili Yakovlevich Chichagov of the Russian Navy.
• To the west of Karl Alexander Island's southwestern point lie the Pontremoli Islands, at lat 81° 24' N; long 56° 27' E. They are named after Prof. Aldo Pontremoli, professor of Physics at the University of Milan, who died during the Umberto Nobile Polar expedition with the Dirigibile ITALIA in 1928. It was just Umberto Nobile who suggested to name them after prof. Pontremoli, during an expedition in that area in 1931 with the icebreaker ship Malyghin.

• The largest one is called Torup Island, located at lat 81° 31' N; long 58° 27' E. It is named after Sophus Torup professor of physiology and friend of Fridtjof Nansen
• Ostrov Solov'yëva is located at lat 81° 31' N; long 58° 23' E.
• Northeast of Torup Island lies smaller Coburg Island, at lat 81° 52' N; long 58° 14' E. This island is named after the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha dynasty. Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, the wife of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria belonged to this dynasty.
• Ostrov Khouena, is located at lat 81° 49' N; long 58° 32' E. The island was named by Fridtjof Nansen after Anton Christian Houen, a Norwegian merchant whose philanthropy supported construction of Nansen's ship, the Fram.