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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: South Atlantic Ocean "Leo terram propriam protegat" (Latin; "Let the lion protect his own land") 3,903 km 2 (1,507 sq mi) [41] 0 99 non-permanent (officials and research personnel) [42] King Edward Point: Claimed by Argentina. The islands were occupied by Argentina during the Falklands War in 1982.
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]
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 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 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 ...
British Virgin Islands (UK) Cayman Islands (UK) Cuba Curaçao (NED) Dominica Dominican Republic Guadeloupe (FRA) Grenada Haiti Jamaica Martinique (FRA) Montserrat (UK) Navassa Island (USA) Saba (NED) Puerto Rico (USA) Saint Barthélemy (FRA) Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Sint Maarten (NED) Saint Martin (FRA)
Map depicts sovereign states and a de facto state (tw) fully located on islands: those with land borders shaded green, and those without shaded dark blue. Countries/territories not shown on the map: Antarctica (aq) (continental disputed territory), Australia (au) (continental country), the Cook Islands (ck) and Niue (nu) (free association with New Zealand), Greenland (gl) (constituent country ...
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.