Vindication Island ( es, Isla Vindicación) is a small uninhabited island in the

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. It lies about from

Candlemas Island Candlemas Island ( es, Isla Candelaria) is a small uninhabited island of the Candlemas Islands in the South Sandwich Islands. It lies about from Vindication Island, separated by the Nelson Channel. On the northwest flank of the island is an act ...

, separated by the

Nelson Channel Nelson Channel is a navigable channel between Candlemas and Vindication Islands in Candlemas Islands group, in the South Sandwich Islands. First roughly charted by Captain James Cook, discoverer of these islands in 1775. Recharted in 1930 by DI ...

. The island is mostly ice free.

Geography

This small island is part of the

Candlemas Islands The Candlemas Islands ( es, Islas Candelaria) are a group of small uninhabited islands lying at the northern part of the South Sandwich Islands, southeast of Visokoi Island. They consist of Candlemas Island and Vindication Island, divided by ...

subgroup of the South Sandwich Islands. The island's highest point is

Quadrant Peak Quadrant Peak ( es, Pico Cuadrante) is a peak (430 m) forming the summit of Vindication Island, South Sandwich Islands. The peak forms a narrow ridge above the uniform slopes of the original volcanic cone, and is a quadrant of what was probably ...

at , while the south-easternmost cape is Chinstrap Point. Its southwesternmost point is Knob Point, charted in 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the ''

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'', and probably so named because a conspicuous height of land overlooks the point. Splinter Crag forms its northern peak. Vindication Island is the eroded remains of a former

volcanic group A volcanic group is a stratigraphic group consisting of volcanic strata. They can be in the form of volcanic fields, volcanic complexes and cone A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequ ...

. Unlike neighbouring

, where there is volcanic activity, the volcano on Vindication has shown no sign of activity for over 10,000 years.

Buddha Rock Buddha Rock ( es, Roca Buda) () is a rock, high, lying west of Vindication Island in the South Sandwich Islands. It was charted and named in 1930 by Discovery Investigations The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and sh ...

lies 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) west of Vindication Island.

Leafvein Gulch Leafvein Gulch () is a valley long with intensely gullied flanks, draining the northeastern part of Vindication Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Its lower end lies southwest of Braces Point on the east coast of the island. The name, applied b ...

is a valley 0.5 nautical miles (1 km) long draining the northeastern part of Vindication Island.

References

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volcano.und.edu
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Geography

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