Ziegler Island (Russian: Остров Циглера; Ostrov Tsiglera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.
This island is 45 km (28 mi) long, stretching from the NW to the SE. Its area is 448 km2 (173 sq mi) and it is almost completely unglacierized. The highest point on Ziegler Island is 554 m (1,818 ft). Ziegler Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago.
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“When the inhabitants of some sequestered island first descry the “big canoe” of the European rolling through the blue waters towards their shores, they rush down to the beach in crowds, and with open arms stand ready to embrace the strangers. Fatal embrace! They fold to their bosoms the vipers whose sting is destined to poison all their joys; and the instinctive feeling of love within their breasts is soon converted into the bitterest hate.”
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