Vindication Island

Vindication Island
NASA image of Vindication Island
Waters	South Atlantic
Archipelago	South Sandwich Islands
Geographical location	57 ° 7 ′ 2 ″  S , 26 ° 49 ′ 6 ″  W Coordinates: 57 ° 7 ′ 2 ″  S , 26 ° 49 ′ 6 ″  W
length	2.1 km
width	1.6 km
surface	3 km²
Highest elevation	Quadrant Peak 430  m
Residents	uninhabited

Vindication Island is a small, uninhabited island in the British overseas territory " South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands " in the southern Atlantic Ocean .

Located in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands , the rectangular-shaped island forms the group of Candlemas Islands with the neighboring island of Candlemas Island , located just 4.5 km northeast across the Nelson Channel .

Vindication Island is the heavily eroded remnant of what was once a much larger volcanic complex , believed to have been formed from at least three eruption centers. While volcanic phenomena were observed several times on the neighboring island of Candlemas during the 20th century , Vindication has probably been inactive for thousands of years.

The two islands were discovered in 1775 by the British navigator James Cook .

literature

• Martin Wyatt Holdgate , Peter Edward Baker: The South Sandwich Islands: I. General description (=  British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports . No. 91 ). Natural Environment Research Council - British Antarctic Survey , Cambridge 1979, ISBN 0-85665-046-3 , IV. South Sandwich Islands - E. Vindication Island, p. 34–38 (English, online , PDF; 12.77 MB).

Web links

• Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands. With a brief description of Vindication Island. In: Volcano World . Oregon State University (English).
• Vindication Island ( Memento from November 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) in the island encyclopedia oceandots.com (English).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Edward Baker: The South Sandwich Islands: III. Petrology of the volcanic rocks (=  British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports . No. 93 ). Natural Environment Research Council - British Antarctic Survey , Cambridge 1978, ISBN 0-85665-045-5 , II.Summary of the geology of the South Sandwich Islands - 5. Vindication Island, p. 7 (English, online , PDF; 4.67 MB).