Back Wrangeleiland Afrikaans جزيرة رانجل Arabic جزيره رانجل ARZ Vrangel adası Azerbaijani Востраў Урангеля Byelorussian Врангел (остров) Bulgarian ভ্রাংগেল দ্বীপ Bengali/Bangla Illa de Wrangel Catalan Wrangel Island (pulo sa Rusya) CEB Wrangelův ostrov Czech
Wrangel Island (Russian: о́стров Вра́нгеля) is a small island in the Arctic Ocean belonging to Russia. It lies between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea. Wrangel Island lies across the 180° meridian. The International Date Line is displaced eastwards at this latitude to avoid the island and the Chukchi Peninsula on the Russian mainland. It is roughly 7,500 square kilometres (2,900 sq mi) in area. The closest land to Wrangel Island is tiny and rocky Herald Island located 60 km (37 mi) to the east.[1] The distance to the closest point on the Siberian mainland is 140 km (87 mi).[2] Wrangel Island may have been the last place on earth where Woolly Mammoth survived. It is home to many arctic animals including polar bears. Since 1976 it has been a nature reserve.
- ↑ M.K. Kos'ko; M.P. Cecile; J.C. Harrison; et al., Geology of Wrangel Island Between Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, Northeastern Russia, Bulletin 461 (Ottawa Ontario: Geological Survey of Canada, 1993), p. 101
- ↑ S.L. Vartanyan; K.A. Arslanov; T.V. Tertychnaya; et al., 'Radiocarbon Dating Evidence for Mammoths on Wrangel Island, Arctic Ocean, until 2000 BC', Radiocarbon, Vol 37, Issue 1 (1995), pp. 1–6