Captain Cook South Georgia Island

Cook Island is the central and largest island of the Southern Thule island group, 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. Cook Island was named for Cook by a Russian expedition under Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, which explore…
Cook Island is the central and largest island of the Southern Thule island group, 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. Cook Island was named for Cook by a Russian expedition under Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, which explored the South Sandwich islands in 1819–1820.
  • Population: Uninhabited
  • Archipelago: South Sandwich Islands
  • Length: 6 km (3.7 mi)
  • Width: 3 km (1.9 mi)
  • Highest elevation: 1,115 m (3658 ft)
  • Highest point: Mount Harmer

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