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Becker Island
Becker Island. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Becker Island (Russian: Остров Беккера; Ostrov Bekkera) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian Arctic.

Becker Island was named after Moritz Alois Becker (1812-1887), the general secretary of Austrian Geographical Society.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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