'''South Georgia
and the South Sandwich Islands

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Motto: 'Leo Terram Propriam Protegat''
(Latin: "Let the Lion protect his own land" or "May the Lion protect his own land") Official language English Capital Grytviken Commissioner Howard Pearce Area
 - Total
 - % water not ranked
3,903 km²
- Population
 - Total (2006 E)
 - Density not ranked
~20
n/a; Currency GBP Time zone UTC/GMT -2 National anthem God Save the Queen Internet TLD .gs

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the southern Atlantic Ocean. The territory was formed in 1985; previously they were governed as part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. The territory consists of the island of South Georgia, which is the largest island in the territory, and a group of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands. There is no native population on any of the islands, and the only inhabitants are the British Government Officer, scientists and support staff from the British Antarctic Survey who maintain scientific bases at Bird Island and the capital, King Edward Point, and museum staff at nearby Grytviken.

The British sovereignty of South Georgia dates from 1775, and that of the South Sandwich Islands from 1908. British arrangements for the government of South Georgia were first established under the 1843 British Letters Patent, with permanent local British administration and resident Magistrate since 1909 exercising effective possession, enforcement of British law, and regulation of all economic, scientific and other activities in the territory.

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