United KingdomIsland
Zavodovski Island
10.3 km² rising to 551 m out of the Atlantic Ocean.
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
10.3km²
Area
23km
Coastline
551m
Highest point
Mount Asphyxia
0
People
1°C
Warmest sea
February
1,907km
To the mainland
When to go to Zavodovski Island
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in February (1 °C) and coolest in August (-1 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in South Sandwich Islands
Zavodovski Island is an island in United Kingdom. It covers 10.3 km², with 23 km of coastline. Its highest point, Mount Asphyxia, rises to 551 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 1,907 km away.
Getting there
- 1,907 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Zavodovski Island.
- 1volcanoesMount Asphyxia
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
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Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Zavodovski Island, each with its own numbers.
2mountainsPeakyas
Highest point
551m
Zavodovski Island
according to Peakyas
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 130 m above the sea. 79 % of it is below 200 m.
- 19 %0–50 m
- 60 %50–200 m
- 20 %200–500 m
- <1 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
5 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Night low (°C) | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -4 | -6 | -7 | -5 | -3 | -2 | -1 |
| Sea (°C) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 0 |
| Rain (mm) | 86 | 88 | 106 | 94 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 93 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 79 |
| Wet days | 19 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| Sun h/day | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| Wind (km/h) | 31 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 31 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +0.6 | +0.9 | +0.6 | ±0.0 | −0.3 | −0.4 | −0.4 | −0.3 | −0.4 | −0.1 | −0.5 | −0.2 |
| 2021 | +0.1 | −0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | −0.1 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.3 |
| 2022 | −0.1 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.5 |
| 2023 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.7 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.6 | ±0.0 |
| 2024 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.1 | −0.3 | −0.2 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.1 |
| 2025 | −0.4 | −0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.4 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q166972) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
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