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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Flag
Coat of arms
Motto:
"Leo Terram Propriam Protegat" (Latin)
"Let [or May] the Lion protect his own land"
Anthem: "God Save the Queen"
Location of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean
Status
British Overseas Territory
Capital
King Edward Point
54°17′S 36°30′W / 54.283°S 36.500°W / -54.283; -36.500
Largest settlement
Grytviken
Official languages
English
Demonym
South Georgian
South Sandwich Islander
Government
Dependency under a constitutional monarchy
• Monarch
Elizabeth II
• Commissioner
Nigel Phillips
• UK government minister[a]
Tariq Ahmad
Area
• Total
3,903 km2 (1,507 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate
35 (summer)
16 (winter)
Currency
Falkland Islands pound[1][b] (FKP)
Time zone
UTC−2 (GST)
Calling code
+500
ISO 3166 code
GS
Internet TLD
.gs
Website
www.gov.gs
^ Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibility for the British Overseas Territories.
^ Fixed to the pound sterling (GBP). The only place where visitors can spend money is the museum shop in Grytviken, which accepts UK pounds sterling (GBP), US Dollars (USD) and Euros (EUR).[2]
UK Postcode SIQQ 1ZZ
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands. South Georgia is 165 km (103 mi) long and 1 to 35 km (1 to 22 mi) wide[3] and is by far the largest island in the territory. The South Sandwich Islands lie about 700 km (430 mi) southeast of South Georgia.[3] The territory's total land area is 3,903 km2 (1,507 sq mi).[4] The Falkland Islands are about 1,300 km (810 mi) north-west from its nearest point.
No permanent native population lives in the territory although a very small non-permanent population does reside in South Georgia.[5] The present inhabitants are three officers of the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwhich Islands along with scientists and support staff from the British Antarctic Survey who maintain scientific bases at Bird Island and at the capital, King Edward Point along with postal staff, as well as three museum staff at Grytviken. With an estimated minimum non-permanent population of around sixteen people in the winter months to a maximum of around thirty five people in the summer months it is the least populated of all the British Overseas Territories. Air travel to and from the territory is not possible and by sea there is no regular passenger service to and from the islands although visits by cruise liners to South Georgia is increasingly popular with several thousand visitors each summer.
The United Kingdom claimed sovereignty over South Georgia in 1775 and the South Sandwich Islands in 1908. The territory of "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" was formed in 1985; previously, it had been governed as part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. Argentina claimed South Georgia in 1927 and claimed the South Sandwich Islands in 1938.
Argentina maintained a naval station, Corbeta Uruguay, on Thule Island in the South Sandwich Islands from 1976 until 1982 when it was closed by the Royal Navy. The Argentine claim over South Georgia contributed to the 1982 Falklands War, during which Argentine forces briefly occupied the island. Argentina continues to claim sovereignty over South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Toothfish are vital to the sustaining of the islands and as a result on 4 September, a bank holiday is dedicated to the toothfish.[6][7]
Contents
1 History
1.1 South Georgia
1.1.1 17th–19th centuries
1.1.2 20th and 21st centuries
1.2 South Sandwich Islands
2 Geography
2.1 South Georgia group
2.1.1 Islands within the South Georgia group
2.2 South Sandwich Islands
2.3 Extreme points
3 Climate
4 Government
5 Economy
5.1 Fishing
5.2 Tourism
5.3 Postage stamps
5.4 Currency
6 Flora and fauna
6.1 Plants
6.2 Birds
6.3 Mammals
6.4 Marine ecosystem
7 Military
8 See also
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links
History[edit]
Main article: History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia[edit]
17th–19th centuries[edit]
South Georgia Island
Central South Georgia
Cumberland Bay – Thatcher Peninsula with King Edward Cove (Grytviken) – Allardyce Range, featuring the summit of Mount Paget.
(NASA imagery)
Map by James Cook
(1777, south facing upwards)
Geography
Location
Antarctic
Highest elevation
2,934 m (9,626 ft)
Highest point
Mount Paget
Administration
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Demographics
Ethnic groups
Britons
The Island of South Georgia is said to have been first sighted in 1675 by Anthony de la Roché, a London merchant,[8] and was named Roche Island on a number of early maps.[citation needed] It was sighted by the commercial Spanish ship León operating out of Saint-Malo on 28 June or 29 June 1756.[9] At one time it was confused with Pepys Island, which was "discovered" by Dampier and Cowley in 1683 but later proved to be a phantom island.[citation needed]
Captain James Cook circumnavigated the island in 1775 and made the first landing. He claimed the territory for the Kingdom of Great Britain, and named it "the Isle of Georgia" in honour of King George III. British arrangements for the government of South Georgia were established under the 1843 British Letters Patent.
In 1882–1883, a German expedition for the First International Polar Year was stationed at Royal Bay on the southeast side of the island. The scientists of this group observed the transit of Venus and recorded waves produced by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.
Seal hunting at South Georgia began in 1786 and continued throughout the 19th century. The waters proved treacherous and a number of vessels were wrecked there, such as Earl Spencer, in late 1801.[10]
20th and 21st centuries[edit]
South Georgia became a base for whaling beginning in the 20th century, until whaling ended in the 1960s. A Norwegian, Carl Anton Larsen, established the first land-based whaling station and first permanent habitation at Grytviken in 1904. It operated through his Argentine Fishing Company, which settled in Grytviken.[11][9] The station operated until 1965.
Whaling stations operated under leases granted by the (British) Governor of the Falkland Islands. The seven stations, all on the north coast with its sheltered harbours, were, from the west to east:
Prince Olav Harbour (from 1911–1916 factory ship and small land-based station 1917–1931)
Leith Harbour (1909–1965)
Stromness (from 1907 factory ship, land-based station 1913–1931, repair yard to 1960/1961)
Husvik (from 1907 factory ship, land-based station 1910–1960, not in operation 1930–1945)
Grytviken (1904–1964)
Godthul (1908–1929, only a rudimentary land base, main operations on factory ship)
Ocean Harbour (1909–1920)
The whaling stations' tryworks were unpleasant and dangerous places to work. One was called "a charnel house boiling wholesale in vaseline" by an early 20th-century visitor. Tim Flannery wrote that its "putrid vapors [resembled] the pong of bad fish, manure, and a tanning works mixed together", and noted one bizarre peril: "A rotting whale could fill with gas to bursting, ejecting a fetus the size of a motor vehicle with sufficient force to kill a man."[12] (See Coffin birth and Exploding whale)
With the end of the whaling industry, the stations were abandoned. Apart from a few preserved buildings such as the museum and church at Grytviken, only their decaying remains survive.
From 1905, the Argentine Meteorological Office cooperated in maintaining a meteorological observatory at Grytviken under the British lease requirements of the whaling station until these changed in 1949.
The church at Grytviken
A panoramic view of South Georgia taken by Frank Hurley during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
In 1908, the United Kingdom issued further letters patent that established constitutional arrangements for its possessions in the South Atlantic. The letters covered South Georgia, the South Orkneys, the South Shetlands, the South Sandwich Islands, and Graham Land. (The claim was extended in 1917 to include a sector of Antarctica reaching to the South Pole.)
In 1909, an administrative centre and residence were established at King Edward Point on South Georgia, near the whaling station of Grytviken. A permanent local British administration and resident magistrate exercised effective possession, enforcement of British law, and regulation of all economic, scientific, and other activities in the territory, which was then governed as the Falkland Islands Dependencies.
In about 1912, what is according to some accounts the largest whale ever caught, a blue whale of 34 m (110 ft), was landed at Grytviken.[13][14]
In April 1916, Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition became stranded on Elephant Island, some 800 mi (1,300 km) southwest of South Georgia. Shackleton and five companions set out in a small boat to summon help, and on 10 May, after an epic voyage, they landed at King Haakon Bay on South Georgia's south coast. While three stayed at the coast, Shackleton and the two others, Tom Crean and Frank Worsley, went on to cover 22 mi (35 km) over the spine of the mountainous island to reach help at Stromness whaling station. The remaining 22 members of the expedition, who had stayed on Elephant Island, were subsequently rescued. In January 1922, during a later expedition, Shackleton died on board ship while moored in King Edward Cove, South Georgia. He is buried at Grytviken. The ashes of another noted Antarctic explorer, Frank Wild, who had been Shackleton's second-in-command on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, were interred next to Shackleton in 2011.
Argentina claimed South Georgia in 1927.[15]
Historical and modern settlements of South Georgia Island
During the Second World War, the Royal Navy deployed an armed merchant vessel to patrol South Georgian and Antarctic waters against German raiders, along with two four-inch shore guns (still present) protecting Cumberland Bay and Stromness Bay, which were manned by volunteers from among the Norwegian whalers. The base at King Edward Point was expanded as a research facility in 1949/1950 by the British Antarctic Survey, which until 1962 was called the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey.
Topography of South Georgia Island
The Falklands War was precipitated on 19 March 1982 when a group of Argentinians (most of them Argentine Marines in mufti), posing as scrap-metal merchants, occupied the abandoned whaling station at Leith Harbour on South Georgia. On 3 April, the Argentine troops attacked and occupied Grytviken. Among the commanding officers of the Argentine garrison was Alfredo Astiz, a captain in the Argentine Navy who was convicted years later of crimes against humanity committed during the Dirty War in Argentina.
The island was recaptured by British forces on 25 April in Operation Paraquet. In 1985, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ceased to be administered as a Falkland Islands Dependency and became a separate territory. The King Edward Point base, which had become a small military garrison after the Falklands War, returned to civilian use in 2001 and is now operated by the British Antarctic Survey.
South Sandwich Islands[edit]
Captain James Cook discovered the southern eight islands of the Sandwich Islands Group in 1775, although he lumped the southernmost three together, and their status as separate islands was not established until 1820 by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.[16] The northern three islands were discovered by Bellingshausen in 1819. The islands were tentatively named "Sandwich Land" by Cook, although he also commented that they might be a group of islands rather than a single body of land. The name was chosen in honour of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty. The word "South" was later added to distinguish them from the "Sandwich Islands", now known as the Hawaiian Islands.
Argentina claimed the South Sandwich Islands in 1938, and challenged British sovereignty in the Islands on several occasions. From 25 January 1955 to mid-1956, Argentina maintained the summer station Teniente Esquivel at Ferguson Bay on the southeastern coast of Thule Island. Argentina maintained a naval base (Corbeta Uruguay) from 1976 to 1982, in the lee (southern east coast) of the same island. Although the British discovered the presence of the Argentine base in 1976,[17] protested and tried to resolve the issue by diplomatic means, no effort was made to remove them by force until after the Falklands War. The base was removed on 20 June 1982.
On 10 February 2008, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake had its epicentre 205 km (127 mi; 111 nmi) south-southeast of Bristol Island.[18] On 30 June 2008 at 06:17:53 UTC, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the region. Its epicentre was at 58.160S 21.893W, 283 km (176 mi; 153 nmi) ENE (73 degrees) of Bristol Island.[19] The United States Geological Survey reported that a 7.3-magnitude earthquake had occurred at 10:04 EDT on 15 Jul 2013, 216 km (134 mi; 117 nmi) south-southeast of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands, at a depth of 31.3 km (19.4 mi). The epicentre was located 2,230 km (1,390 mi; 1,200 nmi) southeast of Stanley, Falkland Islands.[20]
Geography[edit]
CIA map of the islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are a collection of islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. Most of the islands, rising steeply from the sea, are rugged and mountainous. At higher elevations, the islands are permanently covered with ice and snow.
South Georgia group[edit]
The South Georgia group lies about 1,390 km (864 mi; 751 nmi) east-southeast of the Falkland Islands, at 54°–55°S, 36°–38°W. It comprises South Georgia Island itself (by far the largest island in the territory), and the islands that immediately surround it and some remote and isolated islets to the west and east-southeast. It has a total land area of 3,756 km2 (1,450 sq mi), including satellite islands (but excluding the South Sandwich Islands which form a separate island group).
Islands within the South Georgia group[edit]
South Georgia Island lies at 54°15′S 36°45′W / 54.250°S 36.750°W / -54.250; -36.750Coordinates: 54°15′S 36°45′W / 54.250°S 36.750°W / -54.250; -36.750 and has an area of 3,528 km2 (1,362 sq mi). It is mountainous and largely barren. Eleven peaks rise to over 2,000 m (6,562 ft) high, their slopes furrowed with deep gorges filled with glaciers; the largest is Fortuna Glacier. The highest peak is Mount Paget in the Allardyce Range at 2,934 m (9,626 ft).
Geologically, the island consists of gneiss and argillaceous schists with occasional tufts and other sedimentary layers from which fossils have been recovered.[21] The island is a fragment of some greater land-mass now vanished and was probably a former extension of the Andean system.
Smaller islands and islets off the coast of South Georgia Island include:
View of Grytviken
Annenkov Island
Bird Island
Cooper Island
Grass Island
Jomfruene
Pickersgill Islands
Welcome Islands
Willis Islands
Trinity Island
These remote rocks are also considered part of the South Georgia group:
Shag Rocks 185 km (115 mi; 100 nmi) west-northwest of South Georgia Island
Black Rock 169 km (105 mi; 91 nmi) west-northwest of South Georgia Island and 16 km (9.9 mi; 8.6 nmi) southeast of the Shag Rocks
Clerke Rocks 56 km (35 mi; 30 nmi) east-southeast of South Georgia Island
South Sandwich Islands[edit]
NASA satellite photograph of Montagu Island
The South Sandwich Islands (Spanish: Islas Sandwich del Sur) comprise 11 mostly volcanic islands (excluding tiny satellite islands and offshore rocks), with some active volcanoes. They form an island arc running north-south in the region 56°18'–59°27'S, 26°23'–28°08'W, between about 350 and 500 mi (300 and 430 nmi; 560 and 800 km) southeast of South Georgia.
The northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands form the Traversay Islands and Candlemas Islands groups, while the southernmost make up Southern Thule. The three largest islands – Saunders, Montagu, and Bristol – lie between the two. The Islands' highest point is Mount Belinda (1,370 m or 4,495 ft) on Montagu Island.
The South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited, though a permanently manned Argentine research station was located on Thule Island from 1976 to 1982 (for details, see § History above). Automatic weather stations are on Thule Island and Zavodovski. To the northwest of Zavodovski Island is the Protector Shoal, a submarine volcano.
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The South Sandwich Islands from north to south are:
Island
(Spanish name) Area Highest peak Location
Traversay Islands
Protector Shoal — −27 m (−89 ft) 55°54′S 28°06′W / 55.900°S 28.100°W / -55.900; -28.100 (Protector Shoal)
Zavodovski 25 km2 (9.7 sq mi) Mount Asphyxia
550 m (1,800 ft) 56°18′S 27°34′W / 56.300°S 27.567°W / -56.300; -27.567 (Zavodovski)
Leskov 0.3 km2 (0.12 sq mi) Rudder Point
190 m (620 ft) 56°40′S 28°08′W / 56.667°S 28.133°W / -56.667; -28.133 (Leskov)
Visokoi 35 km2 (14 sq mi) Mount Hodson
915 m (3,002 ft) 56°42′S 27°13′W / 56.700°S 27.217°W / -56.700; -27.217 (Visokoi)
Candlemas Islands (sometimes included with Traversay Islands)
Candlemas
(Candelaria) 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi) Mount Andromeda
550 m (1,800 ft) 57°05′S 26°39′W / 57.083°S 26.650°W / -57.083; -26.650 (Candlemas)
Vindication
(Vindicación) 5 km2 (1.9 sq mi) Quadrant Peak
430 m (1,410 ft) 57°06′S 26°47′W / 57.100°S 26.783°W / -57.100; -26.783 (Vindication)
Central islands
Saunders 40 km2 (15 sq mi) Mount Michael
990 m (3,250 ft) 57°48′S 26°28′W / 57.800°S 26.467°W / -57.800; -26.467 (Saunders)
Montagu
(Jorge) 110 km2 (42 sq mi) Mount Belinda
1,370 m (4,490 ft) 58°25′S 26°23′W / 58.417°S 26.383°W / -58.417; -26.383 (Montagu)
Bristol
(Blanca) 46 km2 (18 sq mi) Mount Darnley
1,100 m (3,600 ft) 59°03′S 26°30′W / 59.050°S 26.500°W / -59.050; -26.500 (Bristol)
Southern Thule (Tule del Sur)
Bellingshausen 1 km2 (0.39 sq mi) Basilisk Peak
255 m (837 ft) 59°25′S 27°05′W / 59.417°S 27.083°W / -59.417; -27.083 (Bellingshausen)
Cook 20 km2 (7.7 sq mi) Mount Harmer
1,115 m (3,658 ft) 59°26′S 27°09′W / 59.433°S 27.150°W / -59.433; -27.150 (Cook)
Thule (or Morrell) Island 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi) Mount Larsen
710 m (2,330 ft) 59°27′S 27°18′W / 59.450°S 27.300°W / -59.450; -27.300 (Thule)
Vysokaya Bank — −89 m (−292 ft) 59°43′S 27°58′W / 59.717°S 27.967°W / -59.717; -27.967 (Vysokaya Bank)
South Sandwich Islands
(entire) 310 km2 (120 sq mi) Mount Belinda
1,370 m (4,490 ft)
A series of six passages separates each of the islands or island groups in the chain. They are, from north to south: Zavodovski Isl. – Traverse passage – Visokoi Isl. – Brown's passage – Candlemas Isl. – Shackleton's passage – Saunders Isl. – Larsen's passage – Montagu Isl. – Biscoe's passage – Bristol Isl. – Forsters Passage – Southern Thule. Nelson Channel is the passage between Candlemas and Vindication Island.
Extreme points[edit]
Northernmost point –
Southernmost point –
Westernmost point –
Easternmost point –
Highest point – Mount Paget: 2,934 m
Lowest point – Atlantic Ocean: 0
Climate[edit]
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
The climate is classified as polar, and the weather is highly variable and harsh; making a tundra (ET) in Köppen climate classification. Typical daily maximum temperatures in South Georgia at sea level are around 0 °C (32 °F) in winter (August) and 8 °C (46.4 °F) in summer (January). Winter minimum temperatures are typically about −5 °C (23 °F) and rarely dip below −10 °C (14 °F). Annual precipitation in South Georgia is about 1,500 mm (59.1 in), much of which falls as sleet or snow, which is possible the entire year. Inland, the snow line in summer is at an altitude of about 300 m (984 ft).
Westerly winds blow throughout the year interspersed with periods of calm—indeed, in 1963, 25% of winds were in the calm category at King Edward point, and the mean wind speed of around 8 knots (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) is around half that of the Falkland Islands. This gives the eastern side of South Georgia (leeward side) a more pleasant climate than the exposed western side. The prevailing weather conditions generally make the islands difficult to approach by ship, though the north coast of South Georgia has several large bays which provide good anchorage.
Sunshine, as with many South Atlantic Islands, is low, at a maximum of just 21.5%. This amounts to around 1,000 hours of sunshine annually. The local topography, however, also contributes significantly to the low insolation. A study published during the early 1960s[22] indicated that sunshine recording instruments remained significantly obscured throughout the year and entirely obscured during June. It was estimated that the theoretical sunshine exposure minus obstructions would be around 14% at Bird Island and 35% at King Edward Point – or, in hourly terms, ranging from around 650 hours in the west to 1,500 hours in the east. This illustrates the effect the Allardyce range has in breaking up cloud cover.
Mountain winds blow straight up the western side and straight down the eastern side of the mountains and become much warmer and drier due to the Föhn effect; this produces the most pleasant conditions when temperatures can occasionally rise over 20 °C (68 °F) on summer days. The highest recorded temperature was 28.8 °C (83.8 °F) at Grytviken.[23] and 26.3 °C (79.3 °F) at nearby King Edward point, both on the sheltered east side of the Islands. Conversely, the highest recorded temperature at Bird Island on the windward western side is a mere 14.5 °C (58.1 °F). As one might expect, the sheltered eastern side can also record lower winter temperatures—the absolute minimum for Grytviken being −19.4 °C (−2.9 °F), King Edward Point −18.9 °C (−2.0 °F), but Bird Island just −11.4 °C (11.5 °F).
The seas surrounding South Georgia are cold throughout the year due to the proximity of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. They usually remain free of pack ice in winter, though thin ice may form in sheltered bays, and icebergs are common.[24] Sea temperatures drop to 0 °C (32 °F) in late August and rise to around 4 °C (39.2 °F) only in early April.
The South Sandwich Islands are much colder than South Georgia, being farther south and more exposed to cold outbreaks from the Antarctic continent. They are also surrounded by sea ice from the middle of May to late November (even longer at their southern end).[25] Recorded temperature extremes at South Thule Island have ranged from −29.8 to 17.7 °C (−21.6 to 63.9 °F).
hideClimate data for Bird Island, South Georgia, 1961–1990
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Average high °C (°F)
5.5
(41.9) 5.6
(42.1) 4.4
(39.9) 1.9
(35.4) −0.5
(31.1) −1.8
(28.8) −2.4
(27.7) −1.9
(28.6) −0.2
(31.6) 1.6
(34.9) 3.4
(38.1) 4.5
(40.1) 1.7
(35)
Average low °C (°F)
0.7
(33.3) 1.4
(34.5) 0.6
(33.1) −1
(30) −3.8
(25.2) −4.6
(23.7) −5.4
(22.3) −4.8
(23.4) −3.4
(25.9) −1.9
(28.6) −1.5
(29.3) −0.6
(30.9) −2
(28.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
84
(3.31) 80
(3.15) 95
(3.74) 123
(4.84) 108
(4.25) 108
(4.25) 120
(4.72) 114
(4.49) 107
(4.21) 98
(3.86) 88
(3.46) 77
(3.03) 1,204
(47.4)
Source: Climatic Research Unit, UEA[26]
hideClimate data for Grytviken/King Edward Point, South Georgia, 1901–1950 (Sunshine 1931–1960)
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °C (°F)
24.5
(76.1) 26.5
(79.7) 28.8
(83.8) 19.1
(66.4) 17.5
(63.5) 14.0
(57.2) 13.6
(56.5) 13.2
(55.8) 17.0
(62.6) 20.0
(68) 22.5
(72.5) 21.5
(70.7) 28.8
(83.8)
Average high °C (°F)
8.4
(47.1) 9.1
(48.4) 8.4
(47.1) 5.6
(42.1) 2.9
(37.2) 0.9
(33.6) 1.2
(34.2) 1.5
(34.7) 3.5
(38.3) 5.4
(41.7) 6.5
(43.7) 7.5
(45.5) 5.1
(41.1)
Average low °C (°F)
1.4
(34.5) 1.7
(35.1) 1.0
(33.8) −0.8
(30.6) −3.1
(26.4) −4.6
(23.7) −4.7
(23.5) −4.9
(23.2) −3.3
(26.1) −1.8
(28.8) −0.5
(31.1) 0.4
(32.7) −1.6
(29.1)
Record low °C (°F)
−4.1
(24.6) −3.7
(25.3) −6.3
(20.7) −9.8
(14.4) −11.4
(11.5) −14.6
(5.7) −15.2
(4.6) −19.2
(−2.6) −18.4
(−1.1) −11
(12) −6.4
(20.5) −5.4
(22.3) −19.2
(−2.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
92.0
(3.622) 114.0
(4.488) 136.0
(5.354) 139.0
(5.472) 137.0
(5.394) 135.0
(5.315) 149.0
(5.866) 149.0
(5.866) 92.0
(3.622) 80.0
(3.15) 93.0
(3.661) 88.0
(3.465) 1,394
(54.882)
Mean monthly sunshine hours
152 160 127 66 34 12 22 74 123 171 174 167 1,282
Source #1: Globalbioclimatics/S.Rivas-Martínez[27]
Source #2: DMI/Danish Meteorology Institute[28]
Government[edit]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
The Crown[show]
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Government[show]
Commissioner
Nigel Phillips
Responsible Minister (UK)
Tariq Ahmad
History[show]
Sovereignty dispute
Falkland Islands Dependencies
South Georgia[show]
King Edward Point (capital)
Grytviken
Godthul
Husvik
Leith Harbour
Ocean Harbour
Prince Olav Harbour
Rosita Harbour
Stromness
South Sandwich Islands[show]
Bellingshausen
Bristol
Candlemas
Cook
Leskov
Montagu
Saunders
Thule
Vindication
Visokoi
Zavodovski
Traversay Islands
Corbeta Uruguay base
Research Stations[show]
British Antarctic Survey
King Edward Point
Bird Island
Other[show]
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Executive power is vested in the Monarch of the United Kingdom and is exercised by the commissioner, a post held by the Governor of the Falkland Islands. The current commissioner is Nigel Phillips, who became commissioner on 12 September 2017. A chief executive officer (Martin Collins) deals with policy matters and is director of SGSSI Fisheries, responsible for the allocation of fishing licences. An executive officer (Richard McKee) deals with administrative matters relating to the territory. Also, an environmental officer (Jennifer Lee) and a marine and Fisheries officer (Katherine Ross) are appointed. The financial secretary and attorney general of the territory are appointed ex officio similar appointments in the Falkland Islands' government.
As no permanent inhabitants live on the islands, no legislative council and no elections are needed. The UK Foreign Office manages the foreign relations of the territory. Since 1982, the territory celebrates Liberation Day on 14 June.
The constitution of the territory (adopted 3 October 1985), the manner in which its government is directed and the availability of judicial review were discussed in a series of litigations between 2001 and 2005 (see, in particular, Regina v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Appellant) ex parte Quark Fishing Limited [2005] UKHL 57[29]). Although its government is entirely directed by the UK Foreign Office, it was held that, since it was acting as an agent of the Crown in right of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands rather than in right of the UK, its decisions under that direction could not be challenged as if they were in law decisions of a UK government department;[clarification needed] thus the European Convention on Human Rights did not apply.
Economy[edit]
Commercial sealing occurred on the islands between 1817 and 1909. During that period 20 visits are recorded by sealing vessels.[30]
Economic activity in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is limited. The territory has revenues of £4.5 million, 80% of which is derived from fishing licences (2011 figures).[31] Other sources of revenue are the sale of postage stamps and coins, tourism and customs and harbour dues.[32]
Fishing[edit]
Fishing takes place around South Georgia and in adjacent waters in some months of the year, with fishing licences sold by the territory for Patagonian toothfish, cod icefish and krill. Fishing licences bring in millions of pounds a year, most of which is spent on fishery protection and research. All fisheries are regulated and managed in accordance with the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) system.
In 2001 the South Georgia government was cited by the Marine Stewardship Council for its sustainable Patagonian toothfish fishery, certifying that South Georgia met the MSC's environmental standards. The certificate places limits on the timing and quantity of Patagonian toothfish that may be caught.[33]
Tourism[edit]
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Tourism has become a larger source of income in recent years, with many cruise ships and sailing yachts visiting the area (the only way to visit South Georgia is by sea; there are no airstrips on the Islands). The territory gains income from landing charges and the sale of souvenirs. Cruise ships often combine a Grytviken visit with a trip to the Antarctic Peninsula.
Charter yacht visits usually begin in the Falkland Islands, last between four and six weeks, and enable guests to visit remote harbours of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Sailing vessels are now required to anchor out and can no longer tie up to the old whaling piers on shore. One exception to this is the recently upgraded/repaired yacht berth at Grytviken. All other jetties at former whaling stations lie inside a 200 m (656 ft) exclusion zone; and berthing, or putting ropes ashore, at these is forbidden. Yachts visiting South Georgia are normally expected to report to the Government Officers at King Edward Point before moving round the island.
The island has featured in the Warren Miller video Storm.
Postage stamps[edit]
Main article: Postage stamps and postal history of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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This postage stamp depicting a fin whale was issued in 1963.
A large source of income from abroad also comes from the issue of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands postage stamps which are produced in the UK.
A reasonable issue policy (few sets of stamps are issued each year) along with attractive subject matter (especially whales) makes them popular with topical stamp collectors.
There are only four genuine first day cover sets from 16 March 1982 in existence. They were stamped at the South Georgia Post Office; all those in circulation were stamped elsewhere and sent out, but the only genuine ones were kept at the Post Office on South Georgia. These four sets were removed during the Falklands War by a member of staff of the British Antarctic Survey in the few moments the Argentinians allowed them to gather their belongings. Everything else was burnt, but these four sets were saved and brought to the UK by Robert Headland, BAS.
Currency[edit]
The pound sterling is the official currency of the islands, and the same notes and coins are used as in the United Kingdom. For more information on British currency in the wider region, see Pound sterling in the South Atlantic and the Antarctic.
Flora and fauna[edit]
Southern giant petrel on South Georgia Island
A colony of 200,000 king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on Salisbury Plain
King penguins at St Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island, 1996
Plants[edit]
The parts of the islands that are not permanently covered in snow or ice are part of the Scotia Sea Islands tundra ecoregion. In total there are 26 species of vascular plant native to South Georgia; six species of grass, four rushes, a single sedge, six ferns, one clubmoss and nine small forbs. There are also about 125 species of moss, 85 of liverworts and 150 lichens, as well as about 50 species of macrofungi.[34] A number of introduced species have become naturalised; many of these were introduced by whalers in cattle fodder, and some are considered invasive.[35] There are no trees or shrubs on the islands.[36]
The largest plant is the tussock grass Poa flabellata. This grows mostly on raised beaches and steep slopes near the shore and may reach 2 m (7 ft). Other grasses include the tufted fescue (Festuca contracta), the Alpine cat's-tail (Phleum alpinum) and Antarctic hair-grass (Deschampsia antarctica), and one of the commonest flowering plants is the greater burnet (Acaena magellanica).[34]
Birds[edit]
South Georgia supports many sea birds, including albatross, a large colony of king penguins, Macaroni penguins[37] and penguins of various other species, along with petrels, prions, shags, skuas, gulls and terns. Birds unique to the archipelago are the South Georgia shag, South Georgia pipit, and the South Georgia pintail. Both South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands have been identified as Important Bird Areas (IBA) by BirdLife International.[38]
Mammals[edit]
Wikispecies has information related to South Georgia Island nonmarine fauna
Seals frequent the islands, and whales may be seen in the surrounding waters. There are no native land mammals, though reindeer, brown rats and mice were introduced to South Georgia through human activities.
Rats, brought to the island as stowaways on sealing and whaling ships in the late 18th century,[39] have caused much damage to native wildlife, destroying tens of millions of ground-nesting birds' eggs and chicks. While previously the island's glaciers formed a natural barrier to the spread of rats, these glaciers are now slowly melting as the climate warms.[40] In 2011, scientists instituted a four-year programme to entirely eradicate the rats and mice, in what would be by far the largest rodent eradication attempt in the world to date.[41][42][43] The project was led by zoologist Anthony Martin of The University of Dundee who stated, "This is a man-induced problem and it's about time that man put right earlier errors."[44] In July 2013, the success of the main phase of the extermination of the rats, which took place in May that year, was announced. 180 tonnes of rat poison, brodifacoum, were dropped over 70% of the island, in what was the world's largest ever operation of this kind.[45] Another 95t of rat poison was planned to be dropped by three helicopters in January 2015.[46] In June 2015 the eradication programme concluded, apparently successfully, with the island believed "very likely" to be rat free. In 2017/18, an intensive 6-month search by the South Georgia Heritage Trust, using sniffer dogs and baited traps, found no evidence of rodent presence.[47] Monitoring will continue for a further two or three years.[48]
Reindeer were introduced to South Georgia in 1911 by Norwegian whalers for meat and for sport hunting. In February 2011, the authorities announced that due to the reindeer's detrimental effect on native species and the threat of their spreading to presently pristine areas, a complete cull would take place, leading to the eradication of reindeer from the island.[49] The eradication began in 2013 with 3,500 reindeer killed. Nearly all the rest were killed in early 2014, with the last (about 50) cleared in the 2014/15 southern summer.[50]
Marine ecosystem[edit]
The seas around South Georgia have a high level of biodiversity. In a recent study (2009–2011), South Georgia has been discovered to contain one of the highest levels of biodiversity among all the ecosystems on Earth.[51] In respect to species, marine inhabitants endemic to this ecosystem outnumber and (in respect to biodiversity) surpass well-known regions such as the Galápagos or Ecuador.[52] The marine ecosystem is thought to be vulnerable because its low temperatures mean that it can repair itself only very slowly.[53] On 23 February 2012, to protect marine biodiversity, the territory's government created the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area – comprising 1.07 million km2 (410,000 sq mi).[54][55][56]
Wandering albatross at South Georgia Island
Antarctic Pearlwort at St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia
South Georgia glacier and penguin colony
Military[edit]
HMS Protector
Main article: Military of the Falkland Islands
After the Falklands War in 1982, a full-time British military presence was maintained at King Edward Point on South Georgia. This was scaled down during the 1990s until the last detachment left South Georgia in March 2001, after a new station had been built and occupied by the British Antarctic Survey.[57]
The main British military facility in the region is at RAF Mount Pleasant and the adjacent Mare Harbour naval base on East Falkland, and three Remote Radar Heads on the Falklands: RRH Mount Kent, RRH Byron Heights and RRH Mount Alice. A handful of British naval vessels patrol the region, visiting South Georgia a few times each year and sometimes deploying small infantry patrols. Flights by RAF C-130 Hercules and Vickers VC10 (replaced by Voyager) aircraft also occasionally patrol the territory.
A Royal Navy destroyer or frigate and a Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel carry out the Atlantic Patrol Task (South) mission in the surrounding area.
HMS Endurance, the Royal Navy ice-patrol ship, operated in the South Georgia area during part of most southern summer seasons until her near loss due to flooding in 2008. She carried out hydrological and mapping work as well as assisting with scientific fieldwork for the British Antarctic Survey, film and photographic units, and youth expedition group BSES Expeditions. While the final decision on the fate of Endurance was pending, the Royal Navy chartered a Norwegian icebreaker, renamed HMS Protector, to act as replacement for three years.[58] In September 2013 the British Ministry of Defence purchased the ship outright.[59] It was announced on 7 October 2013 that Endurance would be sold for scrap.[60]
See also[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
Forster, George (1777). A Voyage Round the World in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop Resolution Commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the Years 1772, 3, 4 and 5 (2 vols.). London.
Headland, R. K. (1984). The Island of South Georgia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-25274-1.
Wheeler, Tony (2004). The Falklands & South Georgia Island. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1740596435.
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values: Ипшэ Джорджэрэ, Ипшэ Сандуичхэрэ хы тӀыгухэр – Kabardian

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values: Suid-Georgië en die Suidelike Sandwicheilande – Afrikaans

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values: Südgeorgien und die Südlichen Sandwichinseln – Alemannisch

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values: ደቡብ ጆርጅያና ደቡብ ሳንድዊች ደሴቶች – Amharic

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values: Sūþgeorgia and þā Sūþsandwic Īegland – Old English

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values: جورجيا الجنوبية وجزر ساندويتش الجنوبية – Arabic

values: Islas Cheorchias d'o Sud y Sandwich d'o Sud – Aragonese

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values: Islles Xeorxa del Sur y Sandwich del Sur – Asturian

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values: Cənubi Georgiya və Cənubi Sandviç adaları – Azerbaijani

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values: Georgia Salatan wan Kapulauan Sandwich Salatan – Banjar

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values: Lâm Georgia kap Lâm Sandwich Kûn-tó – Chinese (Min Nan)

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values: Көньяҡ Георгия һәм Көньяҡ Сандвич утрауҙары – Bashkir

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values: Паўднёвая Джорджыя і Паўднёвыя Сандвічавы астравы – Belarusian

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values: Паўднёвая Георгія і Паўднёвыя Сэндвічавыя астравы – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)

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values: Южна Джорджия и Южни Сандвичеви острови – Bulgarian

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values: Južna Georgia i Južna Sendvička ostrva – Bosnian

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values: Georgia ar Su hag Inizi Sandwich ar Su – Breton

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values: Illes Geòrgia del Sud i Sandwich del Sud – Catalan

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values: Кăнтăр Сендвич утравĕсем – Chuvash

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values: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands – Cebuano

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values: Jižní Georgie a Jižní Sandwichovy ostrovy – Czech

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values: De Georgia ac Ynysoedd Sandwich y De – Welsh

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values: South Georgia og South Sandwich Islands – Danish

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values: Lulli Georgia ja Lulli Sandwich-sullot – Northern Sami

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values: Südgeorgien und die Südlichen Sandwichinseln – German

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values: Pódpołdnjowa Georgiska a kupy Pódpołdnjowy Sandwich – Lower Sorbian

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values: Lõuna-Georgia ja Lõuna-Sandwichi saared – Estonian

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values: Νήσοι Νότια Γεωργία και Νότιες Σάντουιτς – Greek

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values: Islas Georgias del Sur y Sandwich del Sur – Spanish

values: Sud-Georgio kaj Sud-Sandviĉinsuloj – Esperanto

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values: Hegoaldeko Georgiak eta Hegoaldeko Sandwichak – Basque

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values: جزایر جورجیای جنوبی و ساندویچ جنوبی – Persian

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values: Suðursandwichoyggjar og Suðurgeorgia – Faroese

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values: Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du Sud – French

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values: Súd-Georgje en de Súdlike Sandwicheilannen – Western Frisian

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values: An tSeoirsia Theas agus Oileáin Sandwich Theas – Irish

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values: Üülen Georgia hem Üülen Sandwich Adaları – Gagauz

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values: Sheòirsea a Deas is na h-Eileanan Shandwich a Deas – Scottish Gaelic

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values: Illas Xeorxia do Sur e Sandwich do Sur – Galician

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values: Nàm Georgia lâu Nàm Sandwich Khiùn-tó – Hakka Chinese

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values: 사우스조지아 사우스샌드위치 제도 – Korean

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values: Հարավային Ջորջիա և Հարավային Սանդվիչյան կղզիներ – Armenian

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values: दक्षिण जॉर्जिया एवं दक्षिण सैंडविच द्वीप समूह – Hindi

values: Južna Georgiska a Južne Sandwichowe kupy – Upper Sorbian

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values: Južna Georgija i otočje Južni Sandwich – Croatian

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values: Georgia Selatan dan Kepulauan Sandwich Selatan – Indonesian

values: Хуссар Джорджи æмæ Хуссар Сандвичы сакъадæхтæ – Ossetic

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values: Suður-Georgía og Suður-Sandvíkureyjar – Icelandic

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values: Georgia del Sud e Isole Sandwich Australi – Italian

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values: איי ג'ורג'יה הדרומית ואיי סנדוויץ' הדרומיים – Hebrew

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values: Georgia Kidul lan Sandwich Kidul – Javanese

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values: სამხრეთი გეორგია და სამხრეთ სენდვიჩის კუნძულები – Georgian

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values: Оңтүстік Георгия және Оңтүстік Сэндвич аралдары – Kazakh

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values: Jeorji Dheghow hag Ynysow Sandwich Deghow – Cornish

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values: Geworugiya y’Epfo n’Ibirwa bya Sanduwice y’Epfo – Kinyarwanda

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values: Visiwa vya South Georgia na South Sandwich – Swahili

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values: Dienviddžordžija un Dienvidsendviču Salas – Latvian

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values: Pietų Džordžijos ir Pietų Sandvičo Salos – Lithuanian

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values: Geòrgia do Sud e isoe Sandwich meridionæ – Ligurian

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values: South Georgia en de Zuid-Sandwicheilen – Limburgish

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values: Déli-Georgia és Déli-Sandwich-szigetek – Hungarian

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values: Јужна Џорџија и Јужни Сендвички Острови – Macedonian

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values: साउथ जॉर्जिया व साउथ सँडविच द्वीपसमूह – Marathi

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values: ობჟათე გეორგია დო ობჟათე სენდვიჩიშ კოკეფი – Mingrelian

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values: جزر جورجيا و ساندويتش الجنوبيه – Egyptian Arabic

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values: جنوبی جورجیا و جنوبی ساندویچ – Mazanderani

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values: Georgia Selatan dan Kepulauan Sandwich Selatan – Malay

values: Nàng Georgia gâe̤ng Nàng Sandwich Gùng-dō̤ – Min Dong Chinese

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values: Zuid-Georgia en de Zuidelijke Sandwicheilanden – Dutch

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values: サウスジョージア・サウスサンドウィッチ諸島 – Japanese

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values: Sør-Georgia og Sør-Sandwichøyene – Norwegian

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values: Sør-Georgia og Sør-Sandwichøyane – Norwegian Nynorsk

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values: Sud Georgia e li Sud Sandwich Isles – Novial

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values: Illas Georgia del Sud e Sandwich del Sud – Occitan

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values: ਦੱਖਣੀ ਜਾਰਜੀਆ ਅਤੇ ਦੱਖਣੀ ਸੈਂਡਵਿਚ ਟਾਪੂ – Punjabi

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values: Georgia Południowa i Sandwich Południowy – Polish

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values: Ilhas Geórgia do Sul e Sandwich do Sul – Portuguese

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values: Южная Георгия и Южные Сандвичевы Острова – Russian

values: Соҕуруу Георгия уонна Соҕуруу Сэндуич арыылара – Sakha

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values: Geòrgia de su Sud e Ìsulas Sandwich meridionales – Sardinian

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values: Gjeorgjia Jugore dhe Ishujt Jugorë Sanduiç – Albanian

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values: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands – Simple English

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values: Južná Georgia a Južné Sandwichove ostrovy – Slovak

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values: Koonfur Joorjiya iyo Koonfurta Jasiiradaha Sanwij – Somali

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values: Јужна Џорџија и Јужна Сендвичка острва – Serbian

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values: Južna Georgija i arhipelag Južni Sandwich – Serbo-Croatian

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values: Sydgeorgien och Sydsandwichöarna – Swedish

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values: தெற்கு யோர்சியா மற்றும் தெற்கு சண்ட்விச் தீவுகள் – Tamil

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values: Көньяк Георгия һәм Көньяк Сандвич утраулары – Tatar

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values: เกาะเซาท์จอร์เจียและหมู่เกาะเซาท์แซนด์วิช – Thai

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values: Güney Georgia ve Güney Sandwich Adaları – Turkish

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values: Південна Джорджія та Південні Сандвічеві Острови – Ukrainian

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values: جنوبی جارجیا و جزائر جنوبی سینڈوچ – Urdu

values: جەنۇبىي گىئورگىيە ۋە ساندۋىچ ئاراللىرى – Uyghur

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values: Nam Georgia và Quần đảo Nam Sandwich – Vietnamese

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values: Salatan nga Georgia ngan an Salatan Kapurupod-an Sandwich – Waray

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values: Jeoorji gu Bëj-saalum ak Duni Islaand yi Bëj-saalum – Wolof

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values: 南喬治亞搭南桑威奇群島 – Wu Chinese

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values: דרום דזשארדזשיע און די דרום סענדוויטש אינזלען – Yiddish

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values: Gúúsù Georgia àti àwọn Erékùṣù Gúúsù Sandwich – Yoruba

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values: 南佐治亞與南三文治群島 – Cantonese

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