Fun facts about Wrangel Island
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Wrangel Island is named after Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel, who never visited the island.
Wrangel Island
Russia
Wrangel Island is an island of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is the 92nd-largest island in the world and roughly the size of Crete. Located in the Arctic Ocean between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea, the island lies astride the 180th meridian.
From the “Toponymy” section
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Photo: Анастасия Игоревна Петухова · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wrangel Island has the highest density of polar bear dens in the world.
Wrangel Island
Russia
Wrangel Island is an island of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is the 92nd-largest island in the world and roughly the size of Crete. Located in the Arctic Ocean between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea, the island lies astride the 180th meridian.
From the “Flora and fauna” section
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Photo: Анастасия Игоревна Петухова · CC BY-SA 4.0
Woolly mammoths survived on Wrangel Island until around 2500–2000 BC, the most recent known population.
Wrangel Island
Russia
Wrangel Island is an island of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is the 92nd-largest island in the world and roughly the size of Crete. Located in the Arctic Ocean between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea, the island lies astride the 180th meridian.
From the “Flora and fauna” section
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Photo: Анастасия Игоревна Петухова · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wrangel Island has 417 species of plants, more than any other Arctic island.
Wrangel Island
Russia
Wrangel Island is an island of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is the 92nd-largest island in the world and roughly the size of Crete. Located in the Arctic Ocean between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea, the island lies astride the 180th meridian.
From the “Flora and fauna” section
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Photo: Анастасия Игоревна Петухова · CC BY-SA 4.0
In 1914, members of the Canadian Arctic Expedition were marooned on Wrangel Island for nine months.
Wrangel Island
Russia
Wrangel Island is an island of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is the 92nd-largest island in the world and roughly the size of Crete. Located in the Arctic Ocean between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea, the island lies astride the 180th meridian.
From the “History” section
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Photo: Анастасия Игоревна Петухова · CC BY-SA 4.0