History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands information

The history of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is relatively recent. When European explorers discovered the islands, they were uninhabited...

inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands. South Georgia is 165 kilometres...

are administered as part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The chain lies in the sub-Antarctic region, about...

sovereignty of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is disputed by Argentina. The United Kingdom claimed South Georgia in 1775 (at the time it was the United...

South Georgia is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...

survey of the postage stamps and postal history of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The first stamps specifically for South Georgia were issued...

Sandwich Islands. Retrieved 30 October 2016. "South Georgia Newsletter, November 2017". Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Retrieved...

The 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes were a pair of powerful earthquakes, followed by many strong aftershocks which struck along the South Sandwich...

list of the mammal species recorded in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. There are thirteen mammal species in South Georgia and the South Sandwich...

research station on South Georgia island and is the capital of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It is situated...

The occupation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Spanish: Gobernación Militar de las Islas Malvinas, Georgias...

Falkland Island Dependencies in the period between 1917 and 1962. South Georgia South Sandwich Islands South Orkney Islands South Shetland Islands Graham...

territories in the South Atlantic, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, fall under the protection of British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI),...

established in November 1976 on Thule Island, Southern Thule, in the South Sandwich Islands. It was vacated and mostly demolished in 1982 following Britain's...

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hamlet on South Georgia in the South Atlantic and formerly a whaling station and the largest settlement on the island. It is located at the head of King Edward...

located southeast of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is the northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands and consists of one major stratovolcano...

about 2,000. Bell & Dieterich (2010). Copied from History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands [1] see that article/section for attribution Christie...

Islands, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Palmerston Island, South Sandwich Islands, and South Georgia, many of which he named in the process...

between the Falkland Islands and South Georgia at 53°S 48°W / 53°S 48°W / -53; -48. The latitude is considered perfect; the longitude was based on the meridian...

(217 mi) southeast of South Georgia Island. It is the northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands and the nearest to South Georgia. The island is approximately...

Annenkov Island is an island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, to the west of the main island of South Georgia. The Pickersgill Islands are...

Judy. History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Origins of Falkland Islanders Puerto Soledad Sovereignty of the Falkland Islands The Falkland...

of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Southern Thule is the southernmost island group in the South Sandwich Islands, an archipelago in the Southern...