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Fisheries and environmental protection is the responsibility of the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) which contracts with Workboat Services Limited (WBS), a Falkland Islands company, to operate the vessel MV Pharos SG in the South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands Maritime Zone. The current contract for that ...
South Georgia: Semi-permanent 1908 Abandoned (1929) Grytviken: South Georgia: Semi-permanent 1904 Operating Husvik: South Georgia: Semi-permanent 1907 Abandoned (1960) King Edward Point: South Georgia: Permanent 1950 Operating Leith Harbour: South Georgia: Semi-permanent 1909 Abandoned (1965) Ocean Harbour: South Georgia: Semi-permanent 1909 ...
The first land-based scientific expedition on South Georgia was the 1882–83 German Polar Year expedition at Moltke Harbour, Royal Bay. During the late 18th century and throughout the 19th century, South Georgia was inhabited by English and Yankee sealers, who used to live there for considerable periods of time and sometimes overwintered. [8]
The following is a list of people who were born, resided, or otherwise visited South Georgia Island for any amount of time and were notable in its history.
Most of them have lost their Tamil identity and are Tamils only in name. The South Indian Sanmarga Sangam is the pioneer body that forged the Tamil culture, Tamil education and the Hindu practices in the country for a long time. In 2005, it was revealed that in the 20 primary schools managed by TISI, out of the 4940 students, 1765 took Tamil ...
Oconee was a tribal town of Hitchiti-speaking Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands during the 17th and 18th centuries.. First mentioned by the Spanish as part of the Apalachicola Province on the Chattahoochee River, Oconee moved with other towns of the province to central Georgia between 1690 and 1692.
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The population of "Yamasee" Indians near Port Royal Sound grew rapidly. Although the Indians became known collectively as "Yamasee", the Guale continued to be a significant portion of the population. [11] Spanish forces destroyed Stuarts Town. In the old Guale Province, they strongly resisted counterattacks by South Carolina.