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side, the existence of an active crater near the summit could not be estabHshed. Later, 

 however, when the island was again sighted at some miles distance on our passage 

 from Candlemas to Leskov, clouds of steam and vapour were seen rising from it in a 



Fig. 7. Visokoi Island: sketches by Lt.-Cmdr. J. Irving. 



a. From the SW : Saddle Bluff on the left open of Wordie Point, the latter i mile distant. 

 h. The pinnacle rock on the NW side: seen from the SW and bearing 056°, 1-3 miles 

 distant. 



c. From the NE: Finger Point on the right, bearing 277°, distant 2 miles. 



d. From the SB: Saddle Bluff on the right, bearing 310^, distant about 2 miles. 



e. Wordie Point from the ESE, bearing 290'. 



/. Penguin Point in line with Saddle Bluff, seen from the SE: Penguin Point bearing 



320°, distant 3 cables. 

 g. Low Point from the E: bearing 258°, distant 2-4 miles. 

 h. From the S: Penguin Point on the right, bearing 047°, distant i-8 miles. 

 i. Wordie Point and West Bluff from the S: the outlying rock bearing 357°, distant 



8 cables. 



manner which we all found convincing. The exact position of the crater could not be 

 decided, but we think it probable that one edge is broken away, as on Zavodovski, and 

 that it lies to the north of the summit. 



So far as we were able to observe the whole island is covered in glacier, which 



