What the records say
- When
- May 1922 – Jul 1924
- Kind
- Territorial claim
- Coordinates
- 71.20° N, 179.50° W
- Names
- Wrangel Island
- Region
- 1
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Wrangel Island
Russian island in the Arctic Ocean
Wrangel Island is an island of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is the 92nd-largest island in the world and roughly the size of Crete. Located in the Arctic Ocean between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea, the island lies astride the 180th meridian.
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The source
- ICOW Territorial Claims 1816–2001Issue Correlates of WarCorrelates of War: free use with citation