Montagu Island
Largest of the South Sandwich Islands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Montagu Island is the largest of the South Sandwich Islands, located in the Scotia Sea off the coast of Antarctica. It is almost entirely ice-covered with only sparse rocky outcrops, and consists of a large caldera with a large parasitic cone, Mount Oceanite. Several secondary volcanic cones have formed in the caldera, including Mount Belinda.
Geography | |
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Coordinates | 58.45°S 26.36°W / -58.45; -26.36[1] |
Archipelago | South Sandwich Islands |
Length | 12 km (7.5 mi) |
Width | 10 km (6 mi) |
Highest elevation | 1,370 m (4490 ft) |
Highest point | Mount Belinda |
Administration | |
United Kingdom | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
The island is rarely visited owing to the remote location, and there is only sparse vegetation. Penguins and seabirds live along the coasts. Before an eruption in 2001, which continued for several years and formed a lava delta on the northern coast, it was not known to have been active during the Holocene (the past 12,000 years).