Southern Thule

Southern Thule is a group of the three southernmost in the South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean: , , and .
Wikipedia
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island group
  • Also known as: “Grupo Tule del Sur” and “Southern Thule Group”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cook Island and Mount Harmer.

Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is the central and largest island of the Southern Thule island group, part of the in the far south Atlantic Ocean. Southern Thule was discovered by a British expedition under Captain James Cook in 1775.

Peak
is an ice-covered peak, 1,115 metres high, in the north-central portion of , in the South Sandwich Islands. It was charted in 1930 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II, who named it for Sir Sidney F.

Peak
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is a prominent mountain, 960 metres high, with steep icefalls and rock buttresses which provides a clear landmark at the southeast end of in the South Sandwich Islands. is situated 3 km southeast of Southern Thule.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corbeta Uruguay base.

Locality
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was an Argentine military outpost established in November 1976 on , Southern Thule, in the South Sandwich Islands. It was vacated and mostly demolished in 1982 following Britain's victory against Argentina in the Falklands War. is situated 7 km southwest of Southern Thule.

Southern Thule

Latitude
-59.43333° or 59° 26′ south
Longitude
-27.2° or 27° 12′ west
Open location code
39GJHR82+M2
Geo­Names ID
3426273
Wiki­data ID
Q58850
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Satellite Map

Discover Southern Thule from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Southern Thule” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزر ثول الجنوبية”
  • Catalan: “Illes Thule del Sud”
  • Cebuano: “Southern Thule”
  • Chinese: “南圖勒群島”
  • Czech: “Jižní Thule”
  • Czech: “Southern Thule”
  • Dutch: “Zuidelijke Thule-eilanden”
  • German: “Süd-Thule”
  • German: “Südliche Thuleinseln”
  • Hebrew: “איי ת’ולה הדרומיים”
  • Italian: “Isole Thule meridionali”
  • Italian: “Isole Thule Meridionali”
  • Japanese: “南テューレ”
  • Japanese: “南トゥーレ”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidu Tules salas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Southern Thule”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Southern Thule”
  • Norwegian: “Southern Thule”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sūþern Thila”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sūþerne Thila”
  • Portuguese: “Thule do Sul”
  • Russian: “Саутерн-Туле”
  • Slovak: “Južné Thule”
  • Spanish: “Islas Southern Thule”
  • Spanish: “Islas Tule del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Tule del Sur”
  • Swedish: “Southern Thule”

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