Bennett Island

Russia / Saha / Chokurdakh /
 island, volcano, extinct volcano
Bennett Island (Russian: Остров Бе́ннетта, Ostrov Bennetta) is the largest of the islands of the De Long group in the northern part of the East Siberian Sea. Area: approx. 150 km² (60 sq mi). The highest point of the island is 426 m (1,398 ft). It is covered with glaciers. Bennett Island was discovered by American explorer George Washington DeLong in 1881 and named after James Gordon Bennett, Jr., who had financed the expedition. DeLong set out in 1879 aboard the Jeannette, hoping to reach Wrangel Island and to discover open seas in the Arctic Ocean near the North Pole.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett_Island
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Coordinates:   76°41'39"N   148°58'59"E

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  • Bennett with its sister islands in the DeLong Islands was placed in Alaska on 17 May 1884 by Major Ezra W. Clark an attorney with the U.S, Department of the Treasury for an internal board at that department which task was to deal with issue related of Alaska with in the general government of the United States. Henrietta and Jeannette are those two sister Islands. That same formal letter by Major Ezra W. Clark dated 17 May 1884, place Forrester (of the San Carlos Islands), Herald Island & Wrangell Island in the District of Alaska.
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