Bristol Island

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Coordinates: 59°02′S, 026°31′W

Bristol Island is an 8 km (5 mile) long island lying midway between Montagu Island and Thule Island in the South Sandwich Islands. It was discovered by a British expedition under James Cook in 1775 and named in honour of naval officer Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol.

Bristol Island is composed of several active volcanoes with eruptions reported in 1823, 1935, 1936, 1950 and 1956.

[edit] See also

• Harker Point

[edit] References

• LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W. (eds.) (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union, 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7. 
• volcano.und.edu

South Sandwich Islands

Location of Bristol Island

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