Franz Josef Land, Franz Joseph Land or Francis Joseph's Land is an archipelago inhabited only by Russian military base personnel located in the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea and Kara Sea, constituting the northernmost part of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It consists of 191 islands, which cover an area of , stretching from east to west and from north to south. The islands are categorized in three groups, a western, central and eastern, separated by the British Channel and the Austrian Strait. The central group is further divided into a northern and southern section by the Markham Strait. The largest island is George Land, which measures , followed by Wilczek Land, Graham Bell Island and Alexandra Land.