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Coordinates: 81°17′N 60°13′E / 81.283°N 60.217°E

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Hofmann Island (Остров Гофмана; Ostrov Gofmana) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic.

Hofmann Island is 13 kilometres (8 miles) long and its maximum width is 5 km (3 miles). It is located 8.6 km (5.3 mi) further east from Rainer Island and it has three small islets on its northeastern shores.

Hofmann island is the site of a snow runway.

This island is said to have been named after Freiherr Leopold von Hoffmann, a member of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Society,^[1] though a differing claim attributes the namesake to be Russian geologist Ernst Reinhold von Hofmann.^[2]

Northeast of Hofmann Island runs a 45-kilometre-broad (28 mi) channel known as Proliv Severo Vostochnyy, beyond which lies Belaya Zemlya.

References

^ Günther Hamann (1975): "Das Zeitalter Kaiser Franz Josefs im Spiegel der Topographie des Franz-Josefs-Landes". Publikationen aus dem Archiv der Universität Graz 4, pp. 139–151, (p. 146, german)
^ "ГОФМАН ЭРНСТ КАРЛОВИЧ. НАСЛЕДИЕ КАРТОГРАФОВ УРАЛА". Russian Geographical Society (in Russian). Retrieved 16 November 2020.

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Location

v t e Franz Josef Land
Geography	Austrian Strait British Channel Cape Bystrova Cape Fligely Cape Kohlsaat Cape Mary Harmsworth Markham Sound Queen Victoria Sea Russian Arctic National Park
History	Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition Nansen's Fram expedition Jackson–Harmsworth expedition Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition Ziegler Polar expedition Bratvaag expedition Malygin
Islands	Adelaide Alexandra Land Alger Arthur Becker Belaya Zemlya Bell Berghaus Bliss Brady Brice Bromwich Brosch Brownian Islands Bruce Island Champ Eaton Etheridge Islands Eva-Liv Freeden Geddes Gogenloe Graham Bell Greely Hall Harley Hayes Hochstetter Islands Hofmann Hooker Jackson Jefferson Kane Karl-Alexander Koetlitz Koldewey Kuhn La Ronciere Lamont Leigh-Smith Luigi Lütke Island Mabel May McClintock Nansen Newcomb Northbrook Payer Prince George Pritchet Querini Rainer Royal Society Rudolf Salisbury Salm Schönau Scott-Keltie Wiener Neustadt Wilczek Island Wilczek Land Wilton Zichy Land Ziegler
Outposts	Ernst Krenkel Observatory Nagurskoye

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