Pioneer Island (Russia)
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Archipelago | Severnaya Zemlya |
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Pioneer Island is part of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic. It measures 1,527 km2 (590 sq mi) in area. The island was discovered by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev during their 1930-32 expedition.[1]
This island contains the Pioneer Glacier.[2]
Geological and biological data:[3] & [4]
Paleontology
thelodont Paralogania klubovi and a single scale of indeterminate Loganelliidae were found in the Llandovery deposits of the Silurian period, on Pioneer Island.[5]
See also
References
- JSTOR 1796946.
- ^ "Russian Arctic - Severnaya Zemlya". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
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- JSTOR 1478878.
- ^ Märss T., Karatajūtē-Talimaa V. (2002). "Ordovician and Lower Silurian thelodonts from Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago (Russia)" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 24 (2): 381–404. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-06-18.
External links
- Media related to Pioneer Island at Wikimedia Commons