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Vrangelya, Ostrov (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 71 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 71.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 179 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -179.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in Arctic Ocean; Baron Wrangel unsuccessfully sought this island in 1823; was charted in 1867 by Long, a US whaler, who named island after Wrangel. |
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| Vrangelya, Ostrov (preferred,C,V)
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| Ostrov Vrangelya (C,V,display,O,Russian-P)
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| Vrangel'a, ostrov (C,V)
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| Wrangel Island (C,O,English-P)
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