Mount Belinda

Mount Belinda is the principal volcanic peak on Montagu Island in the South Sandwich Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic. It is an active stratovolcano and the dominant topographic feature of the island.

The area around Mount Belinda is extremely remote with no permanent inhabitants and no regular visitor infrastructure. The mountain is primarily of interest to scientists and remote observers because eruptions and lava flows are recorded by satellite imagery rather than by on-site monitoring. There are no established hiking routes or tourist facilities on the island.

Volcanic construction has built the island and the peak over successive eruptions; the volcano has produced lava flows and ash deposits in recent decades as observed from satellite. Scientific surveys and occasional research visits from ships or aircraft provide most of the on-the-ground information about the volcano.

Geographically it sits on Montagu Island in the South Sandwich archipelago, in the remote subantarctic Southern Ocean well south of the Atlantic island of South Georgia. The island is isolated and reached only by expedition vessels or research craft.

• Access: Located on a remote subantarctic island and monitored primarily by satellites and research vessels rather than regular tourist visits.
• Volcanic activity: Active volcanic peak that has produced observable eruptive activity in the 21st century recorded by remote sensing.