The island's northernmost point is called Cape Greely (мыс Грили).

[6] They named it after Irish explorer of the Arctic Francis Leopold McClintock.

[7] During his third sledge trip, co-expedition leader Julius Payer climbed Cape Brünn from which he attempted to survey the southern coast of Zichy Land and estimated the westward extent of Franz Josef Land to reach 50° E at least.

[8] The Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition were the next to set foot on the island on 1 September 1901, at Cape Dillon.

This was also the spot where the first members of the stranded Ziegler Polar Expedition were found by Johan Kjeldsen aboard the Terra Nova on 30 July 1905.