Visokoi Island

Visokoi Island
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Geography
Coordinates	56°42′S 027°12′W / 56.700°S 27.200°W
Archipelago	South Sandwich Islands
Length	7.2 km (4.47 mi)
Width	4.8 km (2.98 mi)
Highest elevation	1,005 m (3297 ft)
Administration
	United Kingdom

Visokoi Island is an uninhabited island in the Traversay Islands group of the South Sandwich Islands. It was discovered in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, who named the island Visokoi ("high") because of its conspicuous height.^[1]

The island is 7.2 km (4.5 miles) long and 4.8 km (3.0 miles) wide, capped by Mount Hodson, a volcanic peak (1,005 metres or 3,297 feet). The peak is named after Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodson, a governor of the Falkland Islands.

The island's eastern tip, Irving Point, is named for the commander of a British exploratory and mapping expedition, John J. Irving.

References

^ Mills, William James (2003). Exploring polar frontiers: a historical encyclopedia. A - L. ABC-CLIO. p. 680. ISBN 978-1-57607-422-0. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

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

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[Mills2003-1] Mills, William James (2003). Exploring polar frontiers: a historical encyclopedia. A - L. ABC-CLIO. p. 680. ISBN 978-1-57607-422-0. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

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