Zavadovskiy Island

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| map = Antarctica

| map_caption = Location off Antarctica

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| location = Southern Ocean

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| elevation_m = 200

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Zavadovskiy Island, also known as Penguin Island, is an ice-covered island in the West Ice Shelf near Antarctica located at {{coord|66|43|S|86|24|E|display= inline}}. It rises to 200 meters (656 feet) and is located 12 miles east of Mikhaylov Island. It was discovered by the Soviet expedition of 1956 which named it for {{ill|Ivan Zavadovsky|ru|Завадовский, Иван Иванович}}, second in command of the Imperial Russian Navy sloop-of-war Vostok in the Bellingshausen expedition in 1819–21.

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Druzhba

| native_name = Дружба

| native_name_lang = ru

| settlement_type = Antarctic research station

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| coordinates = {{Polecoord|-66.7167|86.4000|type=station|name=Druzhba}}

| subdivision_type1 = Location

| established_title = Established

| established_date = {{start date|1960|5|20|df=y}}

| extinct_title = Closed

| extinct_date = {{end date|1960|8|6|df=y}}

| government_type = Administration

| governing_body = Soviet Antarctic Expedition

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A temporary field station named Druzhba was opened from May 20 to August 6 in 1960 on the island by the Soviet Union to study meteorological conditions.{{cite web |url=https://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/igy1/DAHLI_IGY003_0047.pdf |title=SCLENTIFIC STATIONS IN ANTARCTICA 1882-1963 |publisher=Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre |location=New Delhi |year=1971 |access-date=May 6, 2021}}

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