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Settlements of South Georgia Island (orange dots); the South Sandwich Islands are not shown. The following is a list of semi-permanent and permanent settlements on the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Historical and modern settlements on South Georgia. South Georgia Island has been explored and charted by various Antarctic expeditions. As a result, the island has an extensive number of notable named geographical features.
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 ...
South Georgia passport entry stamp, issued at the Post Office in Grytviken 1984 Historical and modern settlements of South Georgia Island. Argentina claimed South Georgia in 1927. [13] The basis of this claim and of a later claim in 1938 to the South Sandwich Islands has been questioned. [14]
Carl A. Larsen. In the early 20th century South Georgia experienced a new rush of economic activity and settlement. Following a 1900 advertisement by the Falklands Government the entire island was leased to a Punta Arenas company, and a subsequent conflict of interests with the Compañía Argentina de Pesca which had started whaling at Grytviken since December 1904 was settled by the British ...
Grytviken is built on a substantial area of sheltered, flat land and has a good supply of fresh water. Although it was the largest settlement on South Georgia, the island's administration was based at the nearby British Antarctic Survey research station at King Edward Point. The whaling station closed in December 1966 when dwindling whale ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Fulton County has reached a settlement with the family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in the county jail’s psychiatric wing, the family’s lawyers said ...
King Edward Point (also known as KEP) is a permanent British Antarctic Survey research station on South Georgia island and is the capital of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. [1] It is situated in Cumberland East Bay on the northeastern coast of the island. [2]