Russian: Остров Белл | |
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![]() Bell Island with Benjamin Leigh Smith's Eira lodge in foreground | |
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Geography | |
Location | Arctic Ocean |
Coordinates | 80°00′24″N 49°15′49″E / 80.00667°N 49.26361°E |
Archipelago | Franz Josef Land |
Highest elevation | 343 m (1125 ft) |
Highest point | Bell Mountain |
Administration | |
Russia |
Bell Island (Russian: Остров Белл) is a small island in the south-west of the Franz Josef Land archipelago in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. The island was named by English explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith for its bell-shaped mountain, rising steeply from the island's southern coast with the Barents Sea.