• Off Karl Alexander Island's northwestern point lie the
Chichagov Islands (Острова чичагова; Ostrova Chichagova). These islands were named after Arctic explorer
Pavel Vasilievich Chichagov (1767-1848), the son of Admiral Vasili Yakovlevich Chichagov of the
Russian Navy. • To the west of Karl Alexander Island's southwestern point lie the
Pontremoli Islands (Острова Понтремоли; Ostrova Pontremoli), at lat 81° 24' N; long 56° 27' E. They are named after Prof. Aldo Pontremoli, professor of physics at the University of Milan, who died during the Umberto Nobile Polar expedition with the Dirigibile ITALIA in 1928. It was just Umberto Nobile who suggested to name them after prof. Pontremoli, during an expedition in that area in 1931 with the icebreaker ship Malyghin. There are four small islets off Karl Alexander Island's northeastern shores: • The largest one is called
Torup Island (Остров Торупа; Ostrov Torup), located at lat 81° 31' N; long 58° 27' E . It is named after
Sophus Torup (1861-1937) professor of physiology and friend of
Fridtjof Nansen • '''Ostrov Solov'yëva''' is located at lat 81° 31' N; long 58° 23' E. • Northeast of Torup Island lies smaller
Coburg Island (Остров Кобург; Ostrov Koburg), at lat 81° 52' N; long 58° 14' E. This island is named after the
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha dynasty.
Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, the wife of
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (after whom
Rudolf Island was named) belonged to this dynasty. •
Ostrov Khouena (Гоуэн), is located at lat 81° 49' N; long 58° 32' E. The island was named by
Fridtjof Nansen after
Anton Christian Houen (1823-1894), a Norwegian merchant whose philanthropy supported construction of Nansen's ship, the
Fram. == See also ==