Leskov Island | |
Map: | Antarctica |
Location: | Antarctica |
Area Km2: | 49.5 |
Length Km: | 9 |
Width Km: | 5.5 |
Elevation M: | 185 |
Population: | Uninhabited |
Country: | None |
Treaty System: | Antarctic Treaty System |
Leskov Island is an ice-covered island in the West Ice Shelf of Antarctica, rising to 185m (607feet), 6nmi northwest of Mikhaylov Island. It was discovered by the First Russian Antarctic Expedition of 1819–21, and named after Lieutenant Leskov, one of the members of that expedition.