Salm Island

Salm Island
остров Сальм
Location of Salm Island and its neighboring islands in the Franz Josef Archipelago
Salm Island
остров Сальм
Geography
LocationArctic Ocean
Coordinates80°04′N 59°16′E / 80.067°N 59.267°E / 80.067; 59.267
ArchipelagoFranz Josef Land
Length20 km (12 mi)
Highest elevation343 m (1125 ft)
Highest pointChernyshev Ice Cap
Administration
Russia

Salm Island (Russian: остров Сальм; Ostrov Sal'm) is a roughly round-shaped island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.

Salm Island was named by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition after the Salm-Hoogstraten aristocratic dynasty to which Count Karl Alexander, one of the expedition's main sponsors, belonged.