Wrangel Island (Russian: О́стров Вра́нгеля, romanized: Ostrov Vrangelya, IPA: [ˈostrəf ˈvrangʲɪlʲə]; Chukot: Умӄиԓир, romanized: Umqiḷir, IPA: [umqiɬir], lit. 'island of polar bears') [1] is an island of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is the 92nd largest island in the world and roughly the size of Crete.

In the Russian Arctic, in the farthest eastern corner lies the Wrangel Island, home to extremely diverse and exotic wildlife, the last known habitat of the wooly mammoth. Neither the harsh polar climate nor isolation frighten the Arctic fox, the polar bear, or …

2025年1月25日 · Wrangel Island, island, in Chukotka autonomous okrug (district), far northeastern Russia, lying in the Arctic Ocean and separating the East Siberian Sea from the Chukchi Sea. The long, narrow island is about 78 miles (125 km) wide and occupies an area of some 2,800 square miles (7,300 square km).

1 天前 · The cruise ship journey to Wrangel Island usually lasts around 15 days, with two departures per year in late July and mid-August. The first few days of the cruise are spent sailing through the Bering Strait, which separates Russia from the United States, and into the Chukchi Sea, where Wrangel Island is located.

2022年9月19日 · Wrangel Island is an island in the Arctic circle, located in the Chukotka Autonomous Area in Russia’s Far East. The UNESCO World Heritage site also includes the nearby Herald Island. Wrangel Island was named for …

Wrangel Island is a part of Russia’s Far East. It sits above the Arctic Circle about 87 miles north of Russia. It is home to an extraordinary amount of animal and plant diversity, the greatest in the high Arctic.

2012年4月15日 · Wrangel Island was the first state reserve in the Russian Arctic. The official date of the creation of the reserve is 23 March 1976, but in fact, its history began in 1953, when the authorities of the Magadan Region adopted a resolution on the protection of walrus rookeries on Wrangel Island.

2025年1月14日 · Located in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi Sea and the East Siberian Sea, Wrangel Island is a 7,600 km² enclave, equivalent in size to Crete. It is part of Russia’s Chukotka Autonomous District and has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004 due to its unique biodiversity an

Wrangel Island (Russian: о́стров Вра́нгеля, ostrov Vrangelya) is an island in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea.

2020年3月8日 · Wrangel Island is an Arctic island in Chukotka in the Russian Far East. For its rare Arctic tundra bio-system, home to over 400 rare plant species (and big quantities of charismatic megafauna, like Pacific walrus, polar bears, and grey whales), it is one of Russia's UNESCO World Heritage sites.