Back Montaguīeg ANG Monteqyo Azerbaijani Мантэг’ю (востраў) Byelorussian Illa Montagu Catalan Montagu Island (pulo sa Kapupud-an sa Habagatang Geyorgya ug Habagatang Sanitś) CEB Монтагу CV Montagu Island German Isla Jorge (Sandwich del Sur) Spanish Montagu saar Estonian Île Montagu French
 Satellite image of Montagu, taken on 2 December 2019 | |
 Location of Montagu Island in the South Sandwich Islands | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 58°27′S 26°22′W / 58.45°S 26.36°W[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 | |
| Overseas Territory | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Montagu Island is the largest of the South Sandwich Islands, located in the Scotia Sea off the coast of Antarctica. Almost entirely ice-covered with only sparse rocky outcrops, Montagu 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, Mount Belinda was not known to have been active during the Holocene (the past 12,000 years).
- ^ LeMasurier et al. 1990, p. 363.