Cook Island

Cook Island is the central and largest island of the 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.
Wikipedia
NASA, Public domain.
  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of around 200 metres (640 feet)
  • …is also known as “Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands”
  • Description: island in South Sandwich Islands

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Harmer and Mount Holdgate.
is an ice-covered peak, 1,115 metres…
NASA, Public domain.
is a prominent mountain, 960 metres…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corbeta Uruguay base.
Wikimedia, Public domain.
was an Argentine military outpost…

Cook Island

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude
-59.44137° or 59° 26′ 29″ south
Longitude
-27.18913° or 27° 11′ 21″ west
Open location code
39GJHR56+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25291869
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3426537
Wiki­data ID
Q1129566

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Breton to Urdu—“Cook Island” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Enez Cook”
  • Cebuano: “Cook Island”
  • Chinese: “庫克島 (南桑威奇群島)”
  • Chinese: “庫克島”
  • Dutch: “Cook Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوك ايسلاند”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوك”
  • French: “Île cook (îles sandwich du sud)”
  • French: “Île Cook”
  • German: “Cook Island”
  • Italian: “Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands”
  • Italian: “Isola Cook”
  • Italian: “Isola di Cook (Sandwich meridionali)”
  • Japanese: “クック島”
  • Latvian: “Kuka sala”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cook Island (Sør-Sandwichøyene)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cook Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cook Island i Sør-Sandwichøyane”
  • Norwegian: “Cook Island”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cōc Īeȝ (on þǣm Sūþsandƿīcīeȝum)”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cōc Īeȝ, Sūða Sandƿīcīeȝa”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cōc Īeȝ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cōcīeg”
  • Persian: “جزیره کوک٬ جزایر ساندویچ جنوبی”
  • Persian: “جزیره کوک”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha cook, ilhas sandwich do sul”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Cook”
  • Russian: “Остров Кука”
  • Spanish: “Isla Cook”
  • Swedish: “Cook Island”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ کک، جزائر جنوبی سینڈوچ”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Cook Island”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Teniente Esquivel.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Twitcher Rock and Bellingshausen Island.

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Highlights

Learn more about Grytviken and South Georgia Island.
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.