Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands
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Coordinates: 59°27′S 027°10′W / 59.45°S 27.167°W
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 4 miles long by 2 miles wide. It is heavily glaciated and uninhabited. Its highest peak, Mount Harmer, rises to 1115 m (3658 ft).
[edit] 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.
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