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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 of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands. South Georgia is 165 kilometres (103 mi) long and 35 kilometres (22 mi) wide ...
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The territory of "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" was formed in 1985; [2] previously, both archipelagos had been governed as part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. On 10 February 2008, an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 on the Richter Scale had its epicenter 205 km (127 mi) south-southeast of Bristol Island . [ 3 ]
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. It lies around 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) east of the Falkland Islands. Stretching in the east–west direction, South Georgia is around 170 kilometres (106 mi) long and has a maximum width of 35 ...
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Flag-map of South Georgia (excluding the South Sandwich Islands) Date: 27 June 2010: Source: self-made using Image:Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.svg and Image:South Georgia location map.svg: Author: Darwinek
Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. British 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 Kingdom of Great Britain), [1] [2] annexed the islands in 1908, and has exercised de facto control with the exception of a brief period during the Falklands War in 1982, when ...