Koldewey Island


Koldewey Island is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.

Geography

The island is in length. Its highest point is . On the top there is a double peak stack high. The second-highest point Mountain of Robert-Johann in the southwest is named after Carl Koldewey's son Robert Koldewey. The island has no lakes but its single valley has a creek in the summer.
The island belongs to the Russkaya Arktika National Park since 15 June 2009. There is the same arctic climate and flora as the "mother" island Salm but Koldewey is fully unglacierized.
The sound between both islands is about deep. The island extends in two directions: in the north more dynamically with a longish steep cape and small islet Schoenau at the end, in the southwest very shallow, long flat bar cape with over underwater reef not deeper as, that connects with the glacierized side of the Salm Island. The middle peak of the large bank reaches just a meter and a half under the surface and lies in the Lavrov Sound opposite to the famous Cape Tegethoff on Hall Island.
Koldewey Island is named after Captain Carl Koldewey, leader of the second German expedition to Greenland and Spitzbergen in the late 19th century.

Adjacent islands

Very close to Koldewey Island, off its northern point, lies one of the smallest islands: