# Austrian Strait

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**Austrian Strait** (Russian: Австрийский пролив) is a [strait](/source/Strait) in the eastern part of the [Franz Josef Land](/source/Franz_Josef_Land) archipelago in [Arkhangelsk Oblast](/source/Arkhangelsk_Oblast), [Russia](/source/Russia). It was first reported and named in 1874 by the [Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition](/source/Austro-Hungarian_North_Pole_Expedition).[1]

The Austrian Strait separates the easternmost island group from the rest of the Franz Josef Land archipelago. From the north the strait starts at the [Beryozkina Channel](/source/Beryozkina_Channel), first south and then southeast along the shores of [Wilczek Land](/source/Wilczek_Land), separating this from [Wiener Neustadt Island](/source/Wiener_Neustadt_Island) to the west and [Hall Island](/source/Hall_Island_(Arctic)) to the southwest. To the southeast the strait ends in the northeastern [Barents Sea](/source/Barents_Sea).

## References

1. Payer, Julius (1876). [*Die österreichisch-ungarische Nordpol-Expedition in den Jahren 1872 - 1874*](http://mdz-nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb11331384-7). Vienna: Hölder. p. 294. "Am 1. April (bis 23° unter Null) drangen wir beim Cap Hansa in die neugefundene, mit schwerem Eis bedeckte Durchfahrt ein, welcher ich den Namen Austria-Sund beilegte."

## Sources

- [Топографическая карта U-37,38,39,40 - 1 : 1 000 000](http://mapu3738.narod.ru/indexu37383940.html)

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