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Nadezhdy Island

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Location
  
Antarctica

Population
  
Uninhabited

Length
  
2 km (1.2 mi)

Nadezhdy Island

Nadezhdy Island is a bare rock island nearly 1.9 kilometres (1 nmi) long, lying just off the north-central side of Schirmacher Hills, Queen Maud Land. First photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1961 and named Ostrov Nadezhdy (hope island).

References

Nadezhdy Island Wikipedia