Montagu Island
Montagu Island is the largest of the South Sandwich Islands, located in the Scotia Sea off the coast of Antarctica. Almost entirely ice-covered with only sparse rocky outcrops, Montagu consists of a large caldera with a large parasitic cone, Mount Oceanite.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in South Sandwich Islands
- Also known as: “Isla Jorge” and “Montague Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Belinda.
Mount Belinda
Volcano
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Mount Belinda is a stratovolcano on Montagu Island, in the South Sandwich Islands of the Scotia Sea. At 1,370 m, Mount Belinda is the highest peak in the South Sandwich Islands, a part of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Montagu Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-58.45871° or 58° 27′ 31″ southLongitude
-26.374° or 26° 22′ 26″ westElevation
765 metres (2,510 feet)Open location code
39HMGJRG+GCOpenStreetMap ID
way 262893202OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
3426375Wikidata ID
Q1367281
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Montagu Island” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Monteqyo”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Мантэгю”
- Belarusian: “Мантэг’ю”
- Breton: “Enez Montagu”
- Catalan: “illa Montagu”
- Catalan: “Illa Montagu”
- Cebuano: “Montagu Island”
- Chinese: “蒙塔古岛”
- Chinese: “蒙塔古島”
- Chuvash: “Монтагу”
- Dutch: “Montagu Eiland”
- Dutch: “Montagu-eiland”
- Estonian: “Montagu saar”
- French: “Ile Montagu”
- French: “île Montagu”
- French: “Île Montagu”
- German: “Montagu Island”
- German: “Mount Belinda”
- Hebrew: “מונטגיו (אי)”
- Italian: “Isola di Montagu”
- Italian: “Isola Montagu”
- Italian: “Montagu Island”
- Japanese: “モンタギュー島”
- Latvian: “Montagjū sala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Montagu Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Montagu Island”
- Norwegian: “Montagu Island”
- Norwegian: “Montaguøya”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Montaguīeg”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Montagu”
- Russian: “Монтагью”
- Russian: “остров Монтагью”
- Spanish: “Isla Jorge”
- Spanish: “Isla Montagu”
- Swedish: “Montagu Island”
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Highlights include Mount Oceanite and Longlow Rock.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Montagu Island”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.