Zavadovskiy Island, also known as Penguin Island, is an ice-covered island in the West Ice Shelf near Antarctica located at 66°43′S 86°24′E. It rises to 200 meters (656 feet) and is located 12 miles east of Mikhaylov Island. It was discovered by the Soviet expedition of 1956 which named it for Ivan Zavadovsky [ru], second in command of the Imperial Russian Navy sloop-of-war Vostok in the Bellingshausen expedition in 1819–21.

Zavodovskiy Island

Zavodovskiy Island Location off Antarctica
Geography
Location	Southern Ocean
Coordinates	66°43′S 86°24′E
Area	100 km2 (39 sq mi)
Highest elevation	200 m (700 ft)
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

A temporary field station named Druzhba was opened from May 20 to August 6 in 1960 on the island by the Soviet Union to study meteorological conditions.[1]

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Zavadovskiy Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 

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