Arkhangelsk

Koetlitsa Island

Arkhangelsk region, Russia

Description:

Koetlitsa Island is located in the center of the archipelago, 9 kilometers north of Hooker Island and 6 kilometers west of Nansen Island. Shared with Nansen Island by the Robert Peel Strait, the strait was named after Robert Peel, who was a British statesman. With Hooker Island, Ketlitsa Island is divided by the Allen-Jung Strait.

The island has the shape of an oval, it is slightly stretched from the north to the south. The distance that the island occupies from the Cape of the Aurora (extreme northern point) to Cape Huis (extreme southern point) is 20 kilometers. The island is almost entirely covered by glaciers, except for small areas along the coast.

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