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    Zavodovski Island

    Enez Zavodovski, Isla Zavodovski

    56°18′S 27°35′W

    Zavodovski Island is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Traversay Islands subgroup of the South Sandwich Islands, which are located southeast of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean.

    Plume from Zavodovski volcano, South Sandwich Islands. Aqua/MODIS 04/27/201216:20 UTC Credit: NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team
    Plume from Zavodovski volcano, South Sandwich Islands. Aqua/MODIS 04/27/201216:20 UTC Credit: NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA / Public domain

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    56°18′S 27°35′W

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    Overview

    Zavodovski Island is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Traversay Islands subgroup of the South Sandwich Islands, which are located southeast of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean. Zavodovski is the northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands and consists of one major stratovolcano, Mount Curry, which is surrounded to the east by a plain formed by lava flows. Mount Curry has a fumarolically active crater on the southwestern side, which also bears traces of a sector collapse. An eruption occurred in 2016. The island was officially discovered in December 1819 by Thaddeus von Bellingshausen. Zavodovski was formerly home to the largest penguin colony in the world, consisting mostly of chinstrap penguins, though today the colony is mainly made up of macaroni penguins, and is no longer the largest in the world. Early explorers noted the bad smell of the island, which is reflected in numerous placenames.

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    Also in South Sandwich Islands

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
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