Zavadovskiy Island
  Zavodovskiy Island Location off Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Southern Ocean |
| Coordinates | 66°43′S 86°24′E / 66.717°S 86.400°ECoordinates: 66°43′S 86°24′E / 66.717°S 86.400°E |
| Area | 100 km2 (39 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Zavadovskiy Island, also known as Penguin Island, is an ice-covered island in the West Ice Shelf near Antarctica located at 66°43′S 86°24′E / 66.717°S 86.400°E. It rises to 200 meters (656 feet) and is located 12 miles east of Mikhaylov Island. It was discovered by the Soviet expedition of 1956 which named it for , second in command of the Imperial Russian Navy sloop-of-war Vostok in the Bellingshausen expedition in 1819–21.
A temporary field station named Druzhba was opened from May 20 to August 6 in 1960 on the island by the Soviet Union to study meteorological conditions.[1]
References[]
- ^ "SCLENTIFIC STATIONS IN ANTARCTICA 1882-1963" (PDF). New Delhi: Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre. 1971. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Zavadovskiy Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 
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