Leskov Island
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South Sandwich Islands
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 Leskov Island | |
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| Location: | 28°40’0"S, 56°40’0"W |
| Highest point: | 625 feet |
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| 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
| 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 |