Montagu Island

Montagu Island

Satellite image of Montagu, taken on 2 December 2019
Location of Montagu Island
Geography
Coordinates	58°27′S 26°22′W / 58.45°S 26.36°W / -58.45; -26.36[1]
Archipelago	South Sandwich Islands
Length	12 km (7.5 mi)
Width	10 km (6 mi)
Highest elevation	1,370 m (4490 ft)
Highest point	Mount Belinda
Administration
United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Montagu Island is the largest of the South Sandwich Islands, located in the Scotia Sea off the coast of Antarctica. It is almost entirely ice-covered with only sparse rocky outcrops, and consists of a large caldera with a large parasitic cone, Mount Oceanite. Several secondary volcanic cones have formed in the caldera, including Mount Belinda.

The island is rarely visited owing to the remote location, and there is only sparse vegetation. Penguins and seabirds live along the coasts. Before an eruption in 2001, which continued for several years and formed a lava delta on the northern coast, it was not known to have been active during the Holocene (the past 12,000 years).