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'''Hofmann Island''' ('''Остров Гофмана'''; Ostrov Gofmana) is an island in [[Franz Josef Land]], [[Russia]]n Arctic.

Hofmann Island is {{convert|13|km|0|abbr=off}} long and its maximum width is {{convert|5|km|0|abbr=in}}. It is located {{convert|8.6|km|1|abbr=on}} 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 has been named after Russian mineralogist and explorer of the [[Urals]] Professor E.K. Hofmann (1801-1871).

Northeast of Hofmann Island runs a {{convert|45|km||adj=mid|-broad}} channel known as ''Proliv Severo Vostochnyy'', beyond which lies [[Belaya Zemlya]].

==External links==
*[http://islands.unep.ch/CEO.htm Location]
*[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ENM9KulNEJgJ:www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/43735+hofmann+urals+mineralogist+E.+K.+Hoffman&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3 E.K. Hofmann]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{Franz Josef Land}}

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[[Category:Islands of Franz Josef Land]]


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