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Cape Kohlsaat (Russian: ??? ???????) is a point on the eastern shore of Graham Bell Island
Graham Bell Island

Graham Bell Island is an island located






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Cape Kohlsaat (Russian: ??? ???????) is a point on the eastern shore of Graham Bell Island
Graham Bell Island

Graham Bell Island is an island located at in the Franz Josef Land, Russia.Graham Bell Island is one of the largest islands of the group and it is partly glacierized....
, the easternmost island of Franz Josef Land
Franz Josef Land

Franz Josef Land, Franz Joseph Land, or Francis Joseph's Land is an archipelago located in the far north of Russia. It is found in the Arctic Ocean north of Novaya Zemlya and east of Svalbard, and is administered by Arkhangelsk Oblast....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. It is also the easternmost limit of the Franz Josef Archipelago.

Its location is 81°14'N, 65°10'E, and it is important as a landmark, for Cape Kohlsaat marks the northwesternmost corner of the Kara Sea
Kara Sea

The Kara Sea is part of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia. It is separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya....
.

Being close to the area of permanent polar ice of the Arctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic North Pole region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions....
, the sea off Cape Kohlsaat is full of pack ice almost the whole year round.