South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection...
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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...
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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 Kingdom...
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The history of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is relatively recent. When European explorers discovered the islands, they were uninhabited...
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The flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was granted on 3 October 1985, when the Territory was created. Previously the Territory was a...
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The commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory...
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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...
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The coat of arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was granted in 1985, upon the creation of the territory. Prior to 1985, South Georgia...
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Georgia by Bird Sound. It is part of the British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, also claimed by Argentina as part of...
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The occupation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Spanish: Gobernación Militar de las Islas Malvinas, Georgias...
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Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago United Kingdom (year-round) South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United...
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territories in the South Atlantic, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, fall under the protection of British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI),...
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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...
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Saunders Island is a crescent-shaped island lying between Candlemas Island and Montagu Island in the South Sandwich Islands, a British Overseas Territory...
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railways in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. However, small industrial railways operated on the quayside of certain ports in South Georgia, to support...
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The South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Gazette is the government gazette of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It is published in Stanley...
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Cook Island is the central and largest island of the Southern Thule island group, part of the South Sandwich Islands in the far south Atlantic Ocean. Southern...
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The 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes were a pair of powerful earthquakes, followed by many strong aftershocks which struck along the South Sandwich...
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is a list of public holidays in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. "SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS GAZETTE" (PDF). Gov.gs. 21 December...
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Sandwich Islands. Retrieved 30 October 2016. "South Georgia Newsletter, November 2017". Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Retrieved...
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The geology of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is part of the largely submerged Scotia Ridge. The island of South Georgia is unusual among...
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Sandwich Islands or Sandwich Island may also refer to: South Sandwich Islands, named Sandwich Land by Cook Manuae (Cook Islands), named Sandwich Island by Cook...
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existed. Football has also been played in the nearby British territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. According to Eduardo Triunfo, a Uruguayan...
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands since 13 March 2014, in accordance with the law in force in England and Wales, although the Foreign and Commonwealth...
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Georgia, 240 km (150 mi) west of the main island of South Georgia and 1,000 km (620 mi) off the Falkland Islands. The Shag Rocks are located at 53°32′51″S...
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Airways South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has no active airlines. aviation portal List of airlines List of defunct airlines of the Americas...
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Many other small islands in the Paraguay River. South Georgia (also claimed by Argentina) Bird Island, South Georgia South Sandwich Islands (also claimed...
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The following is a list of semi-permanent and permanent settlements on the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
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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...
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Guiana: One full service hospital Andrée-Rosemon Hospital South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands have no permanent population. Lists of hospitals in Africa...
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