Franz Josef Land

[ land; German lahnt ]

noun

1. an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, E of Spitzbergen and N of Novaya Zemlya: belongs to the Russian Federation.

Franz Josef Land

/ frants ˈjoːzɛf /

noun

1. an archipelago of over 100 islands in the Arctic Ocean, administratively part of Russia. Area: about 21 000 sq km (8000 sq miles) Russian nameZemlya Frantsa Iosifazjiˈmlja ˈfrantsə ˈjɔsifə

Example Sentences

Franz Josef Land, a jumble of glacier-covered islands in the Arctic Ocean named after an Austro-Hungarian emperor, was until a few years ago mostly uninhabited, home to polar bears, walruses, sea birds and little else.

From New York Times

Balabeg A. Eminov is the commander of the anti-ship battery and other facilities on Franz Josef Land, called the Trefoil Base.

From New York Times

Russia now has a military base at the top of the world – on the remote archipelago of Franz Josef Land.

From BBC

Now Franz Josef Land is home to a Russian military base and the source of added tension in relations with the West.

From BBC

As competition begins to heat up, our visit to Franz Josef Land was a chance for Russia to flex some muscle and send a message: that its ambitions for the Arctic are great and growing and they are interests it's ready to defend.

From BBC