United Kingdom and South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
57°05′S 26°44′W
Candlemas Islands
Part of South Sandwich Islands
The Candlemas Islands (Spanish: Islas Candelaria) are a group of two small, uninhabited volcanic islands in the northern part of the South Sandwich Islands archipelago, in the South Atlantic Ocean. 5 mi) Nelson Channel, along with numerous offshore rocks and islets.
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The Candlemas Islands (Spanish: Islas Candelaria) are a group of two small, uninhabited volcanic islands in the northern part of the South Sandwich Islands archipelago, in the South Atlantic Ocean. They consist of Candlemas Island and Vindication Island, separated by the 4-kilometre-wide (2.5 mi) Nelson Channel, along with numerous offshore rocks and islets. The group was discovered on 2 February 1775 by Captain James Cook during his second voyage of exploration, and named in commemoration of Candlemas Day, the Christian feast observed on that date. The islands are part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and are also claimed by Argentina as part of the Tierra del Fuego province. They are uninhabited and rarely visited, with no permanent infrastructure beyond occasional scientific field camps.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands0
- Islets0
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Candlemas Island
- Area
- 9.8 km²
- High point
- 550 m
Candlemas Island is a small uninhabited island of the Candlemas Islands in the South Sandwich Islands. It is one of about a dozen islands that make up the South Sandwich island arc, a chain of volcanoes in the Southern Ocean that was discovered in 1775 by James Cook.
Vindication Island
- Area
- 2.3 km²
- High point
- 427 m
Vindication Island is a small uninhabited island of the Candlemas Islands in the South Sandwich Islands. It is one of about a dozen islands that make up the South Sandwich island arc, a chain of volcanoes in the Southern Ocean that was discovered in 1775 by James Cook.
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Comparative heights
- Candlemas: 550 m
- Vindication: 427 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
Photographs
A cloud-free composite satellite image of Ngazidja utilising ESA Sentinel-2 satellite imagery captured over the 2022 and processed using Google Earth Engine.
NASA Terra ASTER image of Candlemas and Vindication Island, South Sandwich Islands, in the Southern Atlantic Ocean
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Facts
Photographs
- Candlemas Islands S2 2022. Nrg800 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Candlemas Vindication ASTER. NASA ASTER volcano archive jpl / Public domain