Pioneer Island (Russia)

Pioneer Island is part of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic. It measures Template:Convert in area. The island was discovered by Georgy Ushakov and Nikolay Urvantsev during their 1930-32 expedition.<ref name=Barr1975>Template:Cite journal</ref>

This island contains the Pioneer Glacier.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Geological and biological data:<ref>Cat.Inist</ref> & <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Paleontology

Fossilized scales of thelodont Paralogania klubovi and a single scale of indeterminate Loganelliidae were found in the Llandovery deposits of the Silurian period, on Pioneer Island.<ref name=Märss2002>Template:Cite journal</ref>

See also

• List of islands of Russia

External links

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