Zed Islands
The Zed Islands are a small group of islands, the westernmost rising to 290 m, lying off the northeast extremity of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica comprising four islands: Esperanto Island, Phanagoria Island, Lesidren Island and Koshava Island, and the adjacent Dlagnya and Goritsa Rocks.Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Phanagoria Island and Esperanto Island.
Phanagoria Island
Island
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Phanagoria Island is the third largest island in the Zed group off the north coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Phanagoria island of Antarctic is named after Phanagoria in the Maeotis Lake, today Azov Sea, the largest ancient Greek city on the Taman peninsula, spread over two plateaus along the eastern shore of the Cimmerian Bosporus.
Esperanto Island
Island
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Esperanto Island is the largest and northwesternmost island in the Zed group off the north coast of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Lesidren Island
Island
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Lesidren Island is the second largest and southernmost island in the Zed group off the north coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ficheto Point.
Ficheto Point
Locality
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Ficheto Point is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Ficheto Point is situated 5 km southeast of Zed Islands.
Zed Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: group of islands in Antarctica
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Zed Islands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Zed Islands” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Zed adaları”
- Cebuano: “Zed Islands”
- Chinese: “澤德群島”
- Dutch: “Zed Islands”
- German: “Zed Islands”
- Hebrew: “איי זד”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zed Islands”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Zed”
- Spanish: “Zeta, Islas”
- Swedish: “Zed Islands”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Captain Arturo Prat and Doctor Guillermo Mann.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Koshava Island and Danger, Cape.
Antarctica: Must-Visit Destinations
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