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 Ivan Zavadovsky, second in command of the Imperial Russian Navy sloop-of-war Vostok in the Bellingshausen expedition in 1819–21.
  Zavodovskiy Island Location off Antarctica | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Southern Ocean |
| Coordinates | 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 |
Druzhba
Дружба | |
|---|---|
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| Coordinates: 66°43′00″S 86°24′00″E / 66.7167°S 86.4000°E | |
| Established | 20 May 1960 |
| Closed | 6 August 1960 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Administration |
| • Body | Soviet Antarctic Expedition |
| Active times | One winter |
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
edit- ^ "SCLENTIFIC STATIONS IN ANTARCTICA 1882-1963" (PDF). New Delhi: Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre. 1971. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
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