South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica
59.45 S, 27.37 W
summit elevation 1075 m
Stratovolcanoes
Three islands are formed by volcanoes.
Bellingshausen Island, Cook Island, Thule Island.
Bellingshausen Island
The Russian explorers Bellingshausen and Lazarev discovered the land in 1821.
An explosion crater formed on the island between 1964 and 1986.
Cook Island
Submarine caldera is possibly located east of Cook Island.
Thule Island
Steam was observed at the summit crater of Thule Island in 1962.
between 1964 and 1986.