Everything about Montagu Island totally explained
Montagu Island is the largest of the
South Sandwich Islands, located in the
Weddell Sea off the coast of
Antarctica.
The desolate, uninhabited island measures approximately 12 kilometres by 10, with over 90% of its surface permanently covered in ice. The volcano
Mount Belinda is its most notable geographic feature, rising to 1370 metres above sea level. Mount Belinda was believed to be inactive prior to the sighting of low-level ash emission and suspected lava effusion in 2002 by the
British Antarctic Survey.
The island was first sighted by
James Cook in 1775, and named after
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich and the
First Lord of the British Admiralty at the time of its discovery.
In November 2005, satellite images revealed that an eruption of Mount Belinda had created a 90 metre wide molten river flowing to the northern shoreline of the island. The event has expanded the area of the island by 0.2 km², and provided some of the first scientific observations of volcanic eruptions taking place underneath an ice sheet.
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