Franz josef land, archipelago of 191 islands in the northeastern barents sea, the northernmost territory of russia Franz josef land, an uninhabited archipelago located in the arctic ocean, barents sea, and kara sea, may have been discovered by the 1865 expedition of the norwegian sealing vessel spidsbergen captained by nils fredrik rønnbeck. It falls administratively into arkhangelsk oblast (province).
Franz josef land is an archipelago in the arctic ocean, and administratively part of arkhangelsk oblast, russia The archipelago is only 900 to 1,110 km from the north pole, closer than any other land mass except canada's ellesmere island and greenland. The islands have no permanent population, and are among the world's most remote destinations.
Franz josef land comprises 192 islands, most of them built of mesozoic sediments covered with a capping of columnar basalt, and so flat across the top that, viewed without ice (as they. Their goal was to find the fabled northeast passage or, secondarily, to reach the north pole. Franz josef land, located between latitudes 80.0° and 81.9° n, is the northernmost eurasian island group
