Leskov Island
Leskov Island is an ice-covered island in the West Ice Shelf of Antarctica, rising to 185 metres, 11 kilometres northwest of Mikhaylov Island. It was discovered by the First Russian Antarctic Expedition of 1819–21, and named after Lieutenant Leskov, one of the members of that expedition.- Type: Island
- Description: ice-covered island in the West Ice Shelf of Antarctica
- Also known as: “Leskova, Kupol”
Leskov Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Leskov Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Leskov Island (pulo sa Antarctica)”
- Cebuano: “Leskov Island”
- Chinese: “列斯科夫島 (南極洲)”
- Chinese: “列斯科夫島”
- Czech: “Leskovův ostrov”
- Dutch: “Leskov Island”
- German: “Leskov Island”
- Latvian: “Ļeskova sala”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leskov Island”
- Persian: “جزیره لسکوف (جنوبگان)”
- Persian: “جزیره لسکوف”
- Swedish: “Leskov Island, Antarktis”
- Swedish: “Leskov Island”
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