Southern Thule Islands
| Southern Thule Islands | |
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| Waters | South Atlantic |
| archipelago | South Sandwich Islands |
| Geographical location | 59 ° 27 ′ S , 27 ° 18 ′ W |
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| Number of islands | 3 |
| Main island | Morrell |
| Total land area | 36 km² |
| Residents | uninhabited |
The Southern Thule Islands , sometimes just called Süd-Thule , ( English South (ern) Thule ), are a group of three small islands in the very south of the sub- Antarctic archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands , only a few kilometers north of the 60th parallel south.
The islands belong to the archipelago
All three islands are uninhabited.
The archipelago was probably discovered in 1775 by the British navigator James Cook , who explored almost all of the South Sandwich Islands during this time. The name of the group can be traced back to the former assumption of the discoverer that the islands formed the "edge of the world" ( lat. Ultima Thule ).
From 1976 to 1982, the Morrell Island was occupied by Argentina . Only after the end of the Falklands War , on June 20, 1982, did the soldiers who remained on the island surrender to the British armed forces.
See also
Web links
- Southern Thule in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
- Argentine sea map of the South Sandwich Islands with inset 1: 30,000 Isla Morrell / Bahía Ferguson
Individual evidence
- ^ Southern Thule. Google Maps , accessed July 31, 2017 .