Leningradskiy Island
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Leningradskiy Island is an ice
-covered island
situated at the head of Leningradskiy Bay
at the western margin of the Lazarev Ice Shelf
, Queen Maud Land
. The feature rises nearly 100 m above the general level of the ice shelf which surrounds all but the northern side. Discovered and mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition
(SovAE) in 1961, and named in association with Leningradskiy Bay.
Ice
Ice is water frozen into the solid state. Usually ice is the phase known as ice Ih, which is the most abundant of the varying solid phases on the Earth's surface. It can appear transparent or opaque bluish-white color, depending on the presence of impurities or air inclusions...
-covered island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
situated at the head of Leningradskiy Bay
Leningradskiy Bay
Leningradskiy Bay is an indentation in the ice shelf fringing Queen Maud Land immediately west of Lazarev Ice Shelf. Leningradskiy Island is at the head of the bay. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1959 and named by them for the city of Leningrad....
at the western margin of the Lazarev Ice Shelf
Lazarev Ice Shelf
Lazarev Ice Shelf is that part of the ice shelf fringing Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land between Leningradskiy Island and Verblyud Island. It is part of western Riiser-Larsen Sea and is about 50 nautical miles long. First photographed from the air and mapped by the German Antarctic...
, Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
. The feature rises nearly 100 m above the general level of the ice shelf which surrounds all but the northern side. Discovered and mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR....
(SovAE) in 1961, and named in association with Leningradskiy Bay.