[1] This island was named after American Arctic explorer Adolphus Greely.

Greely Island's area is 127 km2 (49 sq mi) and it is almost completely glacierized.

[2] Greely Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago.

[3] Just south of Kuhn Island lies the small Brosch Island (Russian: Остров Брош, Ostrov Brosh) with a maximum height of 85 m (279 ft).

[3] This island was named after Gustav Brosch, a naval lieutenant from Bohemia in the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition.