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Vaugondy Island

Coordinates: 65°24′37″S 65°21′47″W / 65.41028°S 65.36306°W / -65.41028; -65.36306
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Vaugondy Island
Map of Pitt Islands
Vaugondy Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Vaugondy Island
Vaugondy Island
Location in Antarctica
Vaugondy Island is located in Antarctica
Vaugondy Island
Vaugondy Island
Vaugondy Island (Antarctica)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°24′37″S 65°21′47″W / 65.41028°S 65.36306°W / -65.41028; -65.36306
ArchipelagoBiscoe Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Vaugondy Island (Bulgarian: остров Вогонди, romanizedostrov Vogondi, IPA: [ˈɔstrov voɡonˈdi]) is a mostly ice-covered island on the northeast side of Johannessen Harbour in the Pitt group of Biscoe Islands, Antarctica. The feature extends 1.85 km in north-south direction and 1.68 km in east-west.

The island is named after the French cartographer Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723-1786) who published a map of the south polar region in 1777.

Location

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Vaugondy Island is located 2.78 km west-southwest of Trundle Island, 1.1 km northwest of Jingle Island, 2.08 km east of Animas Island and 3.4 km south of Ribnik Island. British mapping in 1971.

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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.