Markham Sound
80°36′N 55°00′E / 80.6°N 55°E
Markham Sound (Russian: пролив Мархама) is a strait in the eastern part of the Franz Josef Land archipelago in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It was first reported and named in 1874 by the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition. The name commemorates the British Royal Navy officer Albert Hastings Markham (1841-1918).
The Markham Sound separates the northern island group from the southern group of the Franz Josef Land archipelago. From the west the strait starts at the British Channel, runs in a southeasterly direction and ends in the Austrian Strait.
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