Cook Island, also known as London Island, is an island located in the
Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego (, ; Spanish for "Land of the Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. The archipelago consists of the main island, Isla G ...
archipelago. It lies west of
Gordon Island
Gordon Island (Spanish: ''Isla Gordon'') is an island in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago located between the ''Tierra del Fuego'' (Isla Grande) and the Hoste Island. It divides the Beagle Channel in two arms, the Northwest arm or Pomar Channel an ...
, south of
O'Brien Island
O'Brien Island is a small rocky island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It lies south-west of Aspland Island and rises to 540 m. A strong marine channel, named Tasman Rip, runs between O'Brien Island and Eadie Island.
The ...
and east of
Londonderry Island
Londonderry Island () is an island (UFI -889706) in the Magallanes Region at the western end of the Beagle Channel and Darwin Sound. The island was named by the captain of HMS Beagle, Robert FitzRoy, whose maternal grandfather was The 1st Marque ...
at the head of
Cook Bay, within the
Alberto de Agostini National Park
Alberto de Agostini National Park () is a protected area that was created on January 22, 1965, on land that was formerly part of the "Hollanda" forest reserve and "Hernando de Magallanes National Park". It covers and includes the Cordillera Darwi ...
.
Cook Island is the location of the
Fueguino
Fueguino is a volcanic field in Chile. The southernmost volcano in the Andes, it lies on Tierra del Fuego's Cook Island and also extends over nearby Londonderry Island. The field is formed by lava domes, pyroclastic cones, and a crater lake.
...
volcanic cones.
The island was named after
Captain James Cook
James Cook (7 November 1728 Old Style date: 27 October – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and ...
. Cook did not visit the island, but passed the mouth of
Cook Bay on 19 December 1774. The bay was named in 1828 by
Captain Henry Foster.
Tierra del Fuego: some British geographical names
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See also
* List of islands of Chile
This is a list of islands of Chile, as listed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyCountry Files (GNS)The data was retrieved on 19 January 2013 and thwere "ISL" and "ISLS" The country has 43,471 islands, according to the Chilean Ministr ...
References
External links
Islands of Chile @ United Nations Environment Programme
World island information @ WorldIslandInfo.com
South America Island High Points above 1000 meters
* United States Hydrographic Office
The United States Hydrographic Office prepared and published maps, charts, and nautical books required in navigation.
The office was established by an act of 21 June 1866 as part of the Bureau of Navigation, Department of the Navy.
It was transfe ...
South America Pilot
(1916)
Islands of Tierra del Fuego
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