Geography of Franz Josef Land per year). Though most of the land is covered by glacial ice, it does have outcrops covered with moss. The northeastern part of the archipelago is locked in pack ice most of the year round; however the ice sometimes retreats north past the islands in summer (September). Bibliography Geography of Franz Josef Land The Geography of Franz Josef Land refers to an island group belonging to Arkhangelsk Oblast of Russia. It is situated in the Barents Sea of the Arctic, north of Novaya Zemlya and east of Svalbard. At latitudes between 80.0° and 81.9° north, it is the most northerly
Novaya Lyalya of Novaya Lyalya together with sixteen rural localities in Novolyalinsky District are incorporated as Novolyalinsky Urban Okrug. Novaya Lyalya Novaya Lyalya () is a town and the administrative center of Novolyalinsky District in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Lyalya River, north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: It was founded in 1723 as a settlement around a copper-melting plant (which closed by 1744). It was granted town status in 1938. Within the framework of administrative divisions, Novaya Lyalya serves as the administrative center of Novolyalinsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with seven rural