Geography | |
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Location | Antarctica |
Coordinates | 62°26′00″S 60°09′15″W / 62.43333°S 60.15417°W |
Archipelago | South Shetland Islands |
Highest elevation | 290 m (950 ft) |
Administration | |
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
The Zed Islands are a small group of islands, the westernmost rising to 290 m (951 ft), 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. The group is separated from Williams Point on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island to the south by the 1.50 km (0.93 mi) wide Iglika Passage.
The name appears to have been applied by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II who charted the islands in 1935.