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Latest revision as of 18:16, 7 June 2020

Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands

South Sandwich Islands
(South Georgia and
the South Sandwich Islands
)

Location

Cook Island in Southern Thule (South Sandwich Islands)

Location: 27°10’0"S, 59°27’0"W
Highest point: Mount Harmer, 3,658 feet
Data
Population: Uninhabited

Cook Island is the central and largest island of Southern Thule, part of the South Sandwich Islands in the far south Atlantic Ocean. Southern Thule was discovered by a British expedition under Captain James Cook in 1775. The island was named for Cook by a Russian expedition under Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, which explored the South Sandwich Islands in 1819–20.

Cook Island measures about 4 miles by 2 miles wide. It is heavily glaciated and uninhabited. Its highest peak, Mount Harmer, rises to 3,658 feet above sea level.

References

  • Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Cook Island
  • LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W. (eds.) (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union. p. 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7. 

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