# Hofmann Island

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**Hofmann Island** (**Остров Гофмана**; Ostrov Gofmana) is an island in [Franz Josef Land](/source/Franz_Josef_Land), [Russian](/source/Russia) 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](/source/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](/source/Ernst_Reinhold_von_Hofmann).[2]

Northeast of Hofmann Island runs a 45-kilometre channel known as *Proliv Severo Vostochnyy*, beyond which lies [Belaya Zemlya](/source/Belaya_Zemlya).

## References

1. 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](https://books.google.com/books?id=UDaGAAAAIAAJ&q=v.+Hoffmann), german)

1. ["ГОФМАН ЭРНСТ КАРЛОВИЧ. НАСЛЕДИЕ КАРТОГРАФОВ УРАЛА"](https://www.rgo.ru/ru/article/gofman-ernst-karlovich-nasledie-kartografov-urala) (in Russian). *[Russian Geographical Society](/source/Russian_Geographical_Society)*. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

## External links

- [Location](http://islands.unep.ch/CEO.htm)

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