Vindication Island
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| Vindication Island | |
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South Sandwich Islands
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 Vindication Island | |
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| Location: | 26°46’60"S, 57°6’0"W |
| Highest point: | Quadrant Peak, 1,411 feet |
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| Population: | Uninhabited |
Vindication Island is a small, uninhabited island in the South Sandwich Islands. It lies about 2 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 (1,411 feet). The island is mostly ice-free.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Vindication Island
- LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W. (eds.) (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. p. 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.
- volcano.und.edu
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | |
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| South Georgia: | Annenkov Island • Bird Island • Clerke Rocks • Cooper Island • Grass Island • Kupriyanov Islands • Pickersgill Islands • Saddle Island • Shag Rocks • South Georgia • Welcome Islands • Willis Islands • Trinity Island • Grassholm • Black Rocks • Black Rock |
| South Sandwich Islands: |
Bellingshausen • Bristol • Candlemas • Cook • Leskov • Montagu • Saunders • Thule • Vindication • Visokoi • Zavodovski |
