Visokoi Island
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Image:Orthographic projection centred on the South Sandwich Islands.png Image:South sandwich islands.png Visokoi Island (56°42′ S 027°12′ W) is 7.2 km (4.5 mi) long and 4.8 km (3 mi) wide, capped by Mount Hudson, a volcanic peak (915 m), in the South Sandwich Islands. Discovered in 1819 by a Russian expedition under Bellingshausen, who named the island Visokoi (high) because of its conspicuous height.
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