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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | South Georgia and its associated islands, wich consist of the island of South Georgia Island, which is by far the largest island in the territory, the islands that immediately surround the main island of South Georgia and some remote and isolated islets west and east-southeast of the main island of South Georgia Island. |
| | To the northwest of Zavodovski Island is the Protector Shoal, a submarine volcano. |
| | The islands have large bird and seal populations, and, recognizing the importance of preserving the marine stocks in adjacent waters, the UK, in 1993, extended the exclusive fishing zone from 12 nm to 200 nm around each island. |
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