Wrangel Land

Wrangel Land, an island in the Arctic Ocean, lying north of the eastern extremity of the Asiatic coast, and intersected by the meridian of 180° E. long. It was seen by the Englishman Kellett in 1849, again discovered by the American Long in 1867, and named after the Russian explorer Wrangel (1796-1870), who sought in vain to reach it in 1821-23. It was first explored by the American expedition under Hooper and Berry in 1881. There seem to be other islands beyond it.