Lazarev Island
| Lazarev Island | ||
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | Kupriyanov Islands ( South Georgia ) | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 45 ′ S , 36 ° 19 ′ W | |
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Lazarev Island is an island in the South Georgia archipelago in the South Atlantic . It is the northernmost of the Kupriyanov Islands and is northwest of the entrance to Diaz Cove .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2009. It was named after Mikhail Petrowitsch Lasarew (1788-1851), commander of the frigate Mirny in the first Russian Antarctic expedition (1819-1821) under the direction of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen .
Web links
- Lazarev Island . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)