Leskov Island

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South Sandwich Islands

Leskov Island (56�40′ S 028�10′ W) is less than 1.5 km (1 mi) long, lying 48 km (30 mi) west of Visokoi Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Discovered in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen, who named it for the third lieutenant on the expedition ship Vostok.

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See also: Leskov Island, Antarctica, British overseas territory, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, List of sub-antarctic islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands