Zavodovski Island

Zavodovski

Location of Zavodovski Island

Zavodovski
Elevation	551 m (1,808 ft)
Location
Location	South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom
Geology
Type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	2014

Zavodovski Island is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Traversay Islands group of the South Sandwich Islands. It lies 350 kilometres (217 mi) southeast of South Georgia Island. It is the northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands and the nearest to South Georgia.

Etymology

Zavodovski Island was discovered and named by the Russian Antarctic explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen on Christmas Eve, 1819. Bellingshausen named it after Lieutenant Ivan Zavodovski, who was captain of his ship, the Vostok.^[1]

Geography

South Sandwich Islands

The island is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) across with a peak elevation of 551 metres (1,808 feet) above sea level. The stratovolcano Mount Asphyxia dominates the western side of the island while the eastern half is a low-lying lava plain. Mount Asphyxia is believed to be active, with fresh lava reported in 1830 and numerous indications of activity since. Approximately 50% of the island is composed of tephra. A volcanic eruption was identified on the island on 2 May 2012, although the size of the eruptions is unknown.^[2]

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 London Jazz ensemble, the Portico Quartet.

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

Sources

• LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W. (eds.) (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.  Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
• Zavodovski, South Sandwich Islands with images
• "Zavodovski". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. 

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