Znamenskiy Island
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Znamenskiy Island is a high, nearly round, ice-covered island
2.5 miles (4.0 km) long, lying in Rennick Bay
just north of the terminus of Rennick Glacier
. Charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition
in 1958 and named for Soviet hydrographer K.I. Znamenskiy (1903-41).
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
2.5 miles (4.0 km) long, lying in Rennick Bay
Rennick Bay
Rennick Bay is an embayment of the coastline at the terminus of Rennick Glacier. It is bounded on the west and east by Belousov Point and Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont. The eastern part of the bay was discovered from the ship Terra Nova, of the British Antarctic Expedition under Scott. Named by the...
just north of the terminus of Rennick Glacier
Rennick Glacier
Rennick Glacier is broad glacier, nearly 200 miles long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica. It rises on the polar plateau westward of Mesa Range and is 20 to 30 miles wide, narrowing to 10 miles near the coast. It takes its name from Rennick Bay where the glacier reaches the sea. The...
. Charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR....
in 1958 and named for Soviet hydrographer K.I. Znamenskiy (1903-41).