Yeva Liv Island

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Eva Island or Eva-Liv Island (Russian: ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿-¿¿¿; Ostrov Yeva-Liv) is the northeasternmost island in Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic. Eva Island is roughly rabbit-shaped and its surface is 288 km². The highest point of the island is 381 m. The area where Eva Island lies was named Hvidtenland (White Land) by Fridtjof Nansen who reached Eva Island's coast on August 5 1895 during his polar expedition. In his map he drew two islands and he named the largest one to the east Eva Island after his wife Eva Nansen (died in 1907). The "island" to the west, which Nansen reached two days later, was named "Liv Island". Since the limit of permanent ice crosses Belaya Zemlya, it is often difficult to distinguish between land and sea. However, as the cartography of the Franz Josef Archipelago became more accurate, it became apparent that "Liv Island" was only a peninsula at the western end of Eva Island. Therefore some maps still mention "Eva-Liv Island", a combination of both names.