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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. 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 ...
The island is rat-free and there is a breeding population of South Georgia pipits here, along with wandering albatrosses and giant petrels. The island has been designated by the South Georgia Government as a Specially Protected Area, and has been closed to visitors since 2004, to protect vulnerable habitat from trampling.
NASA satellite image of South Georgia Island covered with snow The South Sandwich Islands connect with air currents to make wave patterns in clouds. Royal Bay and South Georgia Island (south-up image) The climate is classified as polar, and the weather is highly variable and harsh, making a tundra in Köppen climate classification. Typical ...
The group serviced 22 cats and several dogs. Founder Lisa Scarbrough was recognized again for her local work as a finalist for the Humane Society of Chatham-Savannah's Maggy Medallion. In October, Purina named Coastal Pet Rescue to its Purina Pro Plan Rally to Rescue Ambassador program. The group was only one of three in Georgia selected.
Campbell Island is a sub Antarctic island 700 km (430 mi) south of New Zealand that became infested with rats in the 19th century. Several endemic birds, including the Campbell teal and Campbell snipe , only survived on small rocky islets just off the island, and the populations were perilously low.
Fauna of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — Subantarctic islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Subcategories.
Descendants of enslaved people who populate a tiny island community are once again fighting their local government, this time over a proposal to eliminate protections that for decades helped ...
The island of South Georgia is unusual among oceanic islands for having pre-Cretaceous sedimentary rocks underlying much of the island and a significant portion of felsic igneous rocks. Two-thirds of the island consists of intensely folded flysch , capped with Aptian age fossils, tuff and greywacke in the Cumberland Bay Series.