Upper Vaiood (Great White South)

The Governorate of Upper Vaiood (: Верхневайудская губерния, Vyerkhnyevayudskaya gubyerniya), colloquially known as Upper Vaiood (Верхний Вайуд, Vyerkhniy Vaiud), is a of the. Upper Vaiood is the largest governorate in area, with the capital and largest city being. The most noted geographical feature of the governorate is, which is the largest lake on the continent.

Upper Vaiood was originally part of the Vaiood Oblast (along with and ), which was an oblast of the. These regions split off during the 1920s as a safe haven for the during the Russian Antarctic Civil War. Upper Vaiood was among the founding members of Bellinsgauzenia in 1926. During the 1930s, portions of the governorate were ceded to the new.

Much of the governorate includes the Southern Antarctic Ice Cap, with the rest of the governorate predominantly having a climate. The largest industry in the governorate is fishing.