Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands

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. ^[1]

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1. 20 relations: American Geophysical Union, Antarctic Treaty System, Atlantic Ocean, Bellingshausen Island, Discovery Committee, Discovery Investigations, Douglas Strait, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Icefall, James Cook, List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Maurice Channel, Mount Harmer, Mount Holdgate, RRS Discovery II, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Southern Thule, Thule Island, UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, 60th parallel south.

2. Islands of the South Sandwich Islands
3. Uninhabited islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
4. Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
5. Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean

American Geophysical Union

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of Earth, atmospheric, ocean, hydrologic, space, and planetary scientists and enthusiasts that according to their website includes 130,000 people (not members).

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Antarctic Treaty System

The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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Bellingshausen Island

Bellingshausen Island is one of the most southerly of the South Sandwich Islands, close to Thule Island and Cook Island, and forming part of the Southern Thule group. Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands and Bellingshausen Island are islands of the South Sandwich Islands, south Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs, Uninhabited islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Discovery Committee

The Discovery Committee was a popular name for the Interdepartmental Committee for the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands established by the British Government to carry out scientific investigations (which became known as ‘Discovery Investigations’) and to propose nature resource conservation and economic development policies for the Falkland Islands Dependencies.

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Discovery Investigations

The Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean.

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Douglas Strait

Douglas Strait is a strait 2 nautical miles (4 km) wide between Thule Island and Cook Island, in the South Sandwich Islands. Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands and Douglas Strait are south Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs.

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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshausen or Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen (–) was a Russian cartographer, explorer, and naval officer of Baltic German descent, who attained the rank of admiral.

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Icefall

An icefall is a portion of certain glaciers characterized by relatively rapid flow and chaotic crevassed surface, caused in part by gravity.

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James Cook

Captain James Cook (– 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.

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List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands.

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Maurice Channel

Maurice Channel is a strait wide between Bellingshausen Island and Cook Island, in the South Sandwich Islands off Antarctica. Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands and Maurice Channel are south Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs.

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Mount Harmer

Mount Harmer is an ice-covered peak, high, in the north-central portion of Cook Island, in the South Sandwich Islands. Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands and Mount Harmer are south Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs.

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Mount Holdgate

Mount Holdgate is a prominent mountain, high, with steep icefalls and rock buttresses which provides a clear landmark at the southeast end of Cook Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands and mount Holdgate are south Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands geography stubs.

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RRS Discovery II

RRS Discovery II was a British Royal Research Ship which, during her operational lifetime of about 30 years, carried out considerable hydrographical and marine biological survey work in Antarctic waters and the Southern Ocean in the course of the Discovery Investigations research program.

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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

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Southern Thule

Southern Thule is a group of the three southernmost islands in the South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean: Bellingshausen, Cook, and Thule (Morrell). Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands and southern Thule are islands of the South Sandwich Islands, Uninhabited islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Thule Island

Thule Island, also called Morrell Island, is one of the southernmost of the South Sandwich Islands, part of the grouping known as Southern Thule. Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands and Thule Island are islands of the South Sandwich Islands, Uninhabited islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean.

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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).

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60th parallel south

The 60th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 60 degrees south of Earth's equatorial plane.

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See also

Islands of the South Sandwich Islands

• Bellingshausen Island
• Bristol Island
• Candlemas Island
• Candlemas Islands
• Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands
• Leskov Island
• Montagu Island
• Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands
• Southern Thule
• Thule Island
• Traversay Islands
• Vindication Island
• Visokoi Island
• Zavodovski Island

Uninhabited islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

• Annenkov Island
• Bellingshausen Island
• Black Rock, South Georgia
• Bristol Island
• Candlemas Island
• Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands
• Cooper Island
• Lazarev Island
• Leskov Island
• Montagu Island
• Pickersgill Islands
• Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands
• Shag Rocks (South Georgia)
• Southern Thule
• Thule Island
• Vindication Island
• Visokoi Island
• Welcome Islands
• Willis Islands
• Zavodovski Island

Volcanoes of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

• Bellingshausen Island
• Bristol Island
• Candlemas Island
• Candlemas Islands
• Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands
• Leskov Island
• List of volcanoes in South Sandwich Islands
• Montagu Island
• Mount Andromeda (South Sandwich Islands)
• Mount Asphyxia
• Mount Belinda
• Mount Hodson
• Mount Michael
• Protector Shoal
• Quadrant Peak
• Southern Thule
• Thule Island
• Traversay Islands
• Vindication Island
• Visokoi Island
• Zavodovski Island

Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean

• Bellingshausen Island
• Bristol Island
• Candlemas Island
• Candlemas Islands
• Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands
• Leskov Island
• Loki's Castle
• Montagu Island
• Mount Andromeda (South Sandwich Islands)
• Mount Michael
• Mount Scenery
• Pico Basilé
• Pico do Príncipe
• Príncipe
• Quadrant Peak
• Rockall
• São Tomé Island
• Southern Thule
• Thule Island
• Traversay Islands
• Trindade and Martim Vaz
• Vindication Island
• Visokoi Island
• Volcanoes of Iceland
• Volcanoes of Portugal
• Zavodovski Island

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Island,_South_Sandwich_Islands

Also known as Longton Point, Reef Point, Resolution Point, Swell Point, Tilbrook Point.

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