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Coordinates: 58°29′S 26°15′W / 58.483°S 26.250°W / -58.483; -26.250
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[[File:Montagu Island Satellite Photograph.jpg|thumb|NASA satellite image of Montagu Island, South Sandwich Islands.]]
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'''Mount Oceanite''' ({{coord|58|29|S|26|15|W|display=inline,title}}) is a conspicuous ice-covered [[mountain]] (probably an extinct [[volcano]]) rising to 915 m in the extreme southeast corner of [[Montagu Island]], [[South Sandwich Islands]]. The name applied by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1971 refers to the oceanite lavas present in this area, which occur nowhere else in the South Sandwich Islands.
'''Mount Oceanite''' ({{coord|58|29|S|26|15|W|display=inline,title}}) is a conspicuous ice-covered [[mountain]] (probably an extinct [[volcano]]) rising to {{convert|915|m|abbr=on}} in the extreme southeast corner of [[Montagu Island]], [[South Sandwich Islands]]. The name applied by [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1971 refers to the oceanite lavas present in this area, which occur nowhere else in the South Sandwich Islands.


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Revision as of 01:48, 8 October 2022

NASA satellite image of Montagu Island, South Sandwich Islands.

Mount Oceanite (58°29′S 26°15′W / 58.483°S 26.250°W / -58.483; -26.250) is a conspicuous ice-covered mountain (probably an extinct volcano) rising to 915 m (3,002 ft) in the extreme southeast corner of Montagu Island, South Sandwich Islands. The name applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 refers to the oceanite lavas present in this area, which occur nowhere else in the South Sandwich Islands.

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