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Monk Islands
The Monk Islands () are a group of very small islands and rocks lying south of Meier Point, off the south coast of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. They were first charted and named "Munken" (The Monk) by Norwegian whaling captain Petter Sørlle in 1912–13. The name approved is an anglicized form of the earlier Norwegian name appearing on the chart by Discovery Investigations personnel on the "Discovery II", who surveyed the islands in 1933.
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Zosimas of Solovki
Zosimas of Solovki (, died 1478) was one of the founders of the Solovetsky Monastery established on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea of northern Russia.
The origin of Zosima is not exactly clear. By 1436 his parents were both dead, and he decided to live as a hermit. In the mouth of the Suma River he met Herman, a monk, who previously spent several years with Savvatiy on Bolshoy Solovetsky Island. Savvatiy died in 1435, and Herman returned to the continent. Zosima