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'Alexandra Land' (, ''Zemlya Aleksandry'') is a large island located at . It is a part of Franz Josef Land, Russia. Nagurskoye located on the island at (named after Jan Nagórski) has served as one of the most important meteorological stations in the archipelago. During the Cold War it probably housed an air defense radar. It has a 1,500 m (4,900 ft) snow runway. An Antonov An-72 cargo aircraft crashed while landing at Nagurskoye on 1996-12-23.

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