The island is located in the center of a cluster of islands of similar size separated from each other by narrow sounds. The channel to the southwest of the subgroup is Proliv Allen-Yung, the one at the southeast is Proliv Sidorova, the channel to the northeast is the Proliv Markama, and the one in the west is the Proliv Britansky Kanal. Mys Artura is the cape in the north of the island. The cape in the southwest is known as Mys Ushakova, after Russian ArcticexplorerGeorgy Ushakov, and the southernmost point is called Mys Teylora.
Adjacent islands
Wilton Island
Ostrov Uiltona, Wilton Island is a small island off Nansen Island's northeastern coast. It is separated from it by a narrow sound. It was named after Scottish explorer David W. Wilton, also of the 1894-1897 Jackson-Harmsworth Arctic Expedition. Wilton had lived for some years in the north of Russia before joining the expedition.
Bromwich Island
Ostrov Bromidzh, Bromwich Island lies east of Nansen Island;. It is covered by an ice-cap, but it has a few unglacierized areas at small points near its shores. Maximum height.
Brice Island
Ostrov Braysa, Brice Island lies south of Bromwich Island. There is an icecap in the middle of the island but large swathes of land are unglacierized in the north and southwest. Maximum height. This island was named after Arthur Montefiore Brice', the secretary of the 1894-1897 Jackson-Harmsworth Arctic Expedition.
Ostrov Pritchetta, Pritchet Island lies off Nansen Island's southern shore. This island is quite large and has a few areas free of glaciers. Highest point. The name of this island is very likely a corruption of Karl Weyprecht's name. Since Weyprecht was one of the two leaders of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition, along with Payer, who has an island named after him further to the northeast in the same archipelago, it is very unlikely that Weyprecht would not have an island named after him in Franz Josef Land.
Bliss Island
Ostrov Blissa, Bliss Island lies south of Pritchet Island. Partly unglacierized.
Ostrov Ketlitsa, Koetlitz Island is a long island which lies off the northwestern tip of Nansen island. Glacierized, maximum height. The cape at its northern end is known as Mys Polyarnogo Siyaniya and its southernmost came is Mys Giuys. The channel separating this island from Nansen island is known as Proliv Roberta Piliya. Koetlitz Island was named in honor of the geologist of the 1894-1897 Jackson-Harmsworth Arctic Expedition to the Franz Josef Archipelago, Dr. Reginald Koettlitz.
