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(Latin: "Let the Lion protect his own land" or "May the Lion protect his own land")
- Total
- % water
3,903 km²
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- Total (2006 E)
- Density
~20
n/a;
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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Massive quake rocks S. Atlantic Ocean near South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, www.richmarksentinel.com
marksenti (Richmark Sentinel) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:01:02 -0000
Massive quake rocks S. Atlantic Ocean near South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, www.richmarksentinel.com
Massive quake rocks S. Atlantic Ocean near South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, www.richmarksentinel.com
3261david (david blood) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:00:51 -0000
Massive quake rocks S. Atlantic Ocean near South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, www.richmarksentinel.com
Massive quake rocks South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands http://www.richmarksentinel.com/rs_headlines.asp?recid=3624&pcurr=1
trapsreport (Michael Trapido) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:48:25 -0000
Massive quake rocks South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands http://www.richmarksentinel.com/rs_headlines.asp?recid=3624&pcurr=1
happy new year to most of my followers east of south georgia and the south sandwich islands
alan_was_here (Alan X) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:31:39 -0000
happy new year to most of my followers east of south georgia and the south sandwich islands
Happy New Years to South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands! Toast #1 of the evening!
BeccaFick (Becca Fick) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:10:49 -0000
Happy New Years to South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands! Toast #1 of the evening!
Praying for the islands of Brazil / South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
TheAwkmaster (Karl E. Rascher) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:05:35 -0000
Praying for the islands of Brazil / South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Antarctic Tourism - Brief news items on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic non-government expedition activities with Australian connections.
Antarctica 2001-2002 - British Army Expedition to the Antarctic 2001-2002
Meta Description: [ The British Army Antarctic Expedition 2001/02 A sailing and mountaineering expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula ]
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Bird Island Field Station - Brief summary and photograph.
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Boogenstein.com - Photos taken during visits to South Georgia and also the Falkland Islands
Log Entry 5 February - From the visit of the Pelagic in 1997
Stamps of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands - Falkland Islands Philatelic Bureau's postage stamps of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
