Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands
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Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands
South Sandwich Islands |
Location of Cook Island |
| Geography |
| Coordinates |
59°27′S 027°10′W / 59.45°S 27.167°W / -59.45; -27.167 |
| Archipelago |
South Sandwich Islands |
| Length |
6 km (3.7 mi) |
| Width |
3 km (1.9 mi) |
| Highest elevation |
1,115 m (3,658 ft) |
| Highest point |
Mount Harmer |
| Country |
|
United Kingdom
|
| Demographics |
| 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 Bellingshausen, which explored the South Sandwich Islands in 1819–20.
Cook Island measures about 6 by 3 km (3.7 by 1.9 mi) wide. It is heavily glaciated and uninhabited. Its highest peak, Mount Harmer, rises to 1,115 m (3,658 ft).
See also
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.
Categories:
- Islands of the South Sandwich Islands
- Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean
- Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Uninhabited islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs
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