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Verblyud Island

Coordinates: 70°0′S 15°55′E / 70.000°S 15.917°E / -70.000; 15.917
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Verblyud Island
Verblyud Island is located in Antarctica
Verblyud Island
Verblyud Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates70°0′S 15°55′E / 70.000°S 15.917°E / -70.000; 15.917
Highest elevation200 m (700 ft)
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Verblyud Island is an ice-covered island whose summit rises 200 m above the surrounding ice shelf, situated at the east margin of Lazarev Ice Shelf along the coast of Queen Maud Land. First mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SovAE) in 1961 and named Kupol Verblyud (купол Верблюд - camel dome).[1]

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Verblyud Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.