Victoria Island
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Victoria Island (Russian: Остров Виктория; Ostrov Viktoriya) is a small Arctic island of the Russian Federation. It is located at 80°9′N 36°46′E, halfway between the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard and the Russian archipelago of Franz Josef Land. It was annexed to the USSR in 1932 (six years after the rest of Franz Josef Land).
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