- Zavodovski Island
Zavodovski Island is an uninhabited volcanic island in the
Traversay Islands group of theSouth Sandwich Islands . It lies 350kilometre s southeast ofSouth Georgia Island at coord|56|30|S|27|57|W|coord|56|30|S|27|57|W|display=title. It is the northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands and the nearest to South Georgia.Zavodovski Island was discovered and named by the
Russia n Antarctic explorerFabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen onChristmas Eve ,1819 . Bellingshausen named it after Lieutenant Ivan Zavodovski, who was captain of his ship, the "Vostok". [http://www.70south.com/resources/antarctic-islands/south-sandwich]The island is approximately 5 kilometres across with a peak elevation of 551
metre s above sea level. Thestratovolcano Mount Curry dominates the western side of the island while the eastern half is a low-lying lava plain. Mount Curry is believed to be active with freshlava reported in1830 and numerous indications of activity since. Approximately 50% of the island is composed oftephra .The island is home to around a million pairs of breeding chinstrap penguins, making it one of the world's largest penguin colonies.
In popular culture
The island was the inspiration for the track '(Something's going down on) Zavodovski Island' by Jazz/Classical four-piece the
Portico Quartet .References
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* [http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/south_america/zavodovski.html Zavodovski, South Sandwich Islands with images]
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