Leskov Island

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Leskov Island

South Sandwich Islands
(South Georgia and
the South Sandwich Islands
)

Leskov Island ASTER.jpg
Leskov Island
Location

Location of Leskov Island

Location: 28°40’0"S, 56°40’0"W
Highest point: 625 feet
Data
Population: Uninhabited

Leskov Island is a small uninhabited island in the Traversay Islands group of the South Sandwich Islands. It is less than a mile long, and lies 30 miles west of Visokoi Island.

Leskov Island was discovered in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, who named it for the third lieutenant on the expedition ship Vostok.

Leskov is located to the west of the main arc of the South Sandwich Islands, and is composed of andesitic rather than basaltic lava with its highest peak reaching 625 feet. The subduction zone forming the South Sandwich Trench lies to the east of the island arc.

References

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