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  2. List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean - Wikipedia

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    The IHO limits of the Atlantic Ocean. This is a list of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the largest of which is Greenland. Note that the definition of the ocean used by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) excludes the seas, gulfs, bays, etc., bordering the ocean itself. [1]

  3. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. South Georgia - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Category:Islands of the South Atlantic Ocean - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Islands of the South Atlantic Ocean" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  6. History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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    The South Atlantic island of South Georgia, situated south of the Antarctic Convergence, was the first Antarctic territory to be discovered. [1] It was first visited in 1675 by Antoine de la Roché, an English merchant born in London to a French father. [2] He left Hamburg in 1674 as a passenger on a 350-ton vessel bound for Peru. [3]

  7. Tristan da Cunha - Wikipedia

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    Tristan da Cunha English, also locally called Tristanian, is spoken on the isolated island in the South Atlantic. It is the smallest and most isolated native-speaker community of English. It is a form of South Atlantic English, and shares similarities with Saint Helenian English. Tristanian has several notable unique phonetic and phonological ...

  8. Gough Island - Wikipedia

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    One of the most remote islands in the world, Gough Island is in the South Atlantic Ocean. While the central part of the island is a plateau, the western part has a highland with the peaks and cliffs rising over 350 metres. Gough Island is roughly rectangular with a length of 13 km (8.1 mi) and a width of 5 km (3.1 mi).

  9. Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands - Wikipedia

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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 Thule was discovered by a British expedition under Captain James Cook in 1775.