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Revision as of 07:27, 2 August 2014
| Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands | |
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South Sandwich Islands
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 South Sandwich Islands | |
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| Location: | 27°10’0"S, 59°27’0"W |
| Highest point: | Mount Harmer, 3,658 feet |
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| 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
- 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.
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | |
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| South Georgia: | Annenkov Island • Bird Island • Clerke Rocks • Cooper Island • Grass Island • Kupriyanov Islands • Pickersgill Islands • Saddle Island • Shag Rocks • South Georgia • Welcome Islands • Willis Islands • Trinity Island • Grassholm • Black Rocks • Black Rock |
| South Sandwich Islands: |
Bellingshausen • Bristol • Candlemas • Cook • Leskov • Montagu • Saunders • Thule • Vindication • Visokoi • Zavodovski |
