Hofmann Island



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

Hofmann Island is 13 km long and its maximum width is 5 km. It is located 8.6 km 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, though a differing claim attributes the namesake to be Russian geologist Ernst Reinhold von Hofmann.

Northeast of Hofmann Island runs a 45 km channel known as Proliv Severo Vostochnyy, beyond which lies Belaya Zemlya.