Franz Josef Land,
Franz Joseph Land or
Francis Joseph's Land is an
archipelago inhabited only by Russian military base personnel located in the
Arctic Ocean,
Barents Sea and
Kara Sea, constituting the northernmost part of
Arkhangelsk Oblast in
Russia. It consists of 191 islands, which cover an area of , stretching from east to west and from north to south. The islands are categorized in three groups, a western, central and eastern, separated by the British Channel and the
Austrian Strait. The central group is further divided into a northern and southern section by the Markham Strait. The largest island is
George Land, which measures , followed by
Wilczek Land,
Graham Bell Island and
Alexandra Land.