Wrangel Island

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• Wrangel Island — Island, northeastern Russia. Located in the Arctic Ocean, it is crossed by the 180th meridian. It has an area of some 2,800 sq mi (7,300 sq km). Although it reaches an altitude of 3,596 ft (1,096 m) at Sovetskaya Mountain, there are no glaciers.… …   Universalium

• Wrangel Island — For the Alaskan island, see Wrangell Island. Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve * UNESCO World Heritage Site …   Wikipedia

• Wrangel Island Lemming — Taxobox name = Wrangel Island Lemming status = image width = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia superfamilia = Muroidea familia = Cricetidae subfamilia = Arvicolinae genus = Lemmus species = L. portenkoi… …   Wikipedia

• Wrangel Island — /ræŋgəl ˈaɪlənd/ (say rangguhl uyluhnd) noun an Arctic island of Russia lying about 130 km north of eastern Siberia. About 7250 km2 …  

• Wrangel — or Wrangell can refer to:* House of Wrangel, a Baltic German noble family **Herman Wrangel, a Swedish Governor General of Livonia, Field Marshal, and Privy Councillor **Carl Gustaf Wrangel, a Swedish soldier and Privy Councillor (son of Herman… …   Wikipedia

• Wrangel Lemming — Conservation status Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] …   Wikipedia

• island — islandish, islandlike, adj. islandless, adj. /uy leuhnd/, n. 1. a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent. 2. something resembling an island, esp. in being isolated or having little or no direct …   Universalium

• Wrangel, Ferdinand Petrovich — ▪ Russian explorer Russian  Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel   born Jan. 9, 1797, [Dec. 29, 1796, Old Style], Pskov, Russia died June 6 [May 25], 1870, Tartu, Estonia, Russian Empire       Russian explorer who completed the mapping of the northeastern …   Universalium

• Wrangel — [raŋ′gəl; ] Russ [ vrän′gel΄y ] [after Baron F. von Wrangel(l): see WRANGELL] island of Russia in the Chukchi Sea: c. 2,000 sq mi (5,180 sq km) …   English World dictionary

• Wrangel — Wappen derer von Wrangel Wrangel auch Wrangell ist der Name eines baltischen Adelsgeschlechts. Die Herren, Freiherren und Grafen von Wrangel zählen zu den namhaftesten Geschlechtern des baltischen Uradels. Zweige der Familie bestehen bis heute …   Deutsch Wikipedia