Vindication Island

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Coordinates: 57°06′S, 26°47′W

Vindication Island is a small uninhabited island in the South Sandwich Islands. It lies about two miles from Candlemas Island, separated by the Nelson Channel.

Although Vindication has a volcano, there has been no sign of activity for over 10,000 years. The island's highest point is Quadrant Peak (430 m). The island is mostly ice free.

[edit] References

• LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W. (eds.) (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union, 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7. 
• volcano.und.edu

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