Zavadovskiy Island

Not to be confused with Zavodovski Island.

Zavadovskiy Island, also known as Penguin Island, is an ice-covered island in the West Ice Shelf near Antarctica located at 66°43′S 86°24′E. It rises to 200 meters (656 feet) and is located 12 miles east of Mikhaylov Island. It was discovered by the Soviet expedition of 1956 which named it for Ivan Zavadovsky [ru], second in command of the Imperial Russian Navy sloop-of-war Vostok in the Bellingshausen expedition in 1819–21.

Druzhba Дружба
Antarctic research station
Coordinates: 66°43′00″S 86°24′00″E
Established	20 May 1960 (1960-05-20)
Closed	6 August 1960 (1960-08-06)
Government
• Type	Administration
• Body	Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Active times	One winter

Zavodovskiy Island

Zavodovskiy Island Location off Antarctica
Geography
Location	Southern Ocean
Coordinates	66°43′S 86°24′E
Area	100 km2 (39 sq mi)
Highest elevation	200 m (700 ft)
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

A temporary field station named Druzhba was opened from May 20 to August 6 in 1960 on the island by the Soviet Union to study meteorological conditions.^[1]