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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.
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, 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 theCandlemas 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 at , while the south-easternmost cape is Chinstrap Point. Its southwesternmost point is Knob Point, charted in 1930 by Discovery Investigations
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personnel on the ''Discovery II
''Discovery II'', built in 1971, is the second of three Discovery sternwheel riverboats operated by the Riverboat Discovery company. ''Discovery II'' is still in use as a tour vessel on the Chena and Tanana rivers near Fairbanks, Alaska.
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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
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Unlike neighbouring 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 ...
, where there is volcanic activity, the volcano on Vindication has shown no sign of activity for over 10,000 years.
Buddha Rock lies 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) west of Vindication Island. Leafvein Gulch is a valley 0.5 nautical miles (1 km) long draining the northeastern part of Vindication Island.
See also
* List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands * Pothole Gulch * Santa RockReferences
External links
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