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	Commonwealth Secretariat - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
		Commonwealth Secretariat - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
		The South Sandwich Islands are a further 640km to the south-east of South Georgia.
		South Georgia is the breeding ground for some 95% of the world’s Antarctic fur seal population as well as globally significant populations of elephant seals, albatrosses, petrels and penguins.
	www.thecommonwealth.org /Templates/YearbookInternal.asp?NodeID=140430 (755 words)

	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
		South Georgia and its associated islands, which 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands (1854 words)

	EUROPA - Development - OCT - South Georgian and South Sandwich Islands (Site not responding. Last check: )
		South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands is one of twelve overseas territories of the United Kingdom and is an archipelago consisting of 11 small volcanic islands approximately 350km long.
		The islands are situated approximately 1000 km east of the Falkland Islands.
		Under a contract to the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands the BAS are undertaking a programme of scientific research with the objective of supporting the Government in its environmental management and sustainable development of the Territory.
	europa.eu.int /comm/development/oct_new/oct_home_en.cfm?cid=SGSSI&status=new (621 words)

	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - Article
		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
		South Georgia and its associated islands, which 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.
		South Georgia is situated in the South Atlantic Ocean, about 1390 km east-southeast of the Falkland Islands, in 54-55°S, 36-38°W. It has a land area of 3756 km², including satellite islands, but excluding the South Sandwich Islands which form a separate island group.
	goldbamboo.com /topic-t8711-a1-6South_Georgia_.html (2005 words)

	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about South Georgia and the South ...
		The blue ensign carries the badge of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.
		Along with South Georgia, 750 km/470 mi to the northwest, it is administered from the Falkland Islands.
		The islands were annexed by the UK in 1908 and 1917.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /South+Georgia+and+the+South+Sandwich+Islands (248 words)

	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands travel guide - Wikitravel
		Islands of the Southern Ocean : South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands [1] are two groups of sub-Antarctic islands of the Southern Ocean east of the southern tip of South America, north of Antarctica.
		The South Sandwich Islands - Nine uninhabited islands.
	wikitravel.org /en/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands (1106 words)

	History of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
		The islands lie approximately 1,000 km east of the Falkland Islands and have been under British administration since 1908, except for a brief period in 1982 when Argentina occupied them.
		Grytviken, on South Georgia, was a 19th and early 20th century whaling station.
		The islands have large bird and seal populations, and, recognizing the importance of preserving the marine stocks in adjacent waters, the United Kingdom, in 1993, extended the exclusive fishing zone from 12 nm to 200 nm around each island.
	infotut.com /geography/South-Georgia-and-the-South-Sandwich-Islands (189 words)

	StampTraders.com -- Falkland Islands - South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The island of South Georgia lies approximately 800 miles (1,280km) east south-east of the Falkland Islands, 54 30 S, 37 00 W. It is some 100 miles (160km) long and on average about 20 miles (32km) wide.
		The South Sandwich Islands are a further 400 miles (640km) to the south-east of South Georgia.
		South Georgia is extremely mountainous, and over half the island is permanently covered by snow or ice.
	www.stamptraders.com /falkland/factsheet2.html (437 words)

	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Background - Introduction
		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands > Introduction
		Background: The islands, which have large bird and seal populations, lie approximately 1,000 km east of the Falkland Islands and have been under British administration since 1908 - except for a brief period in 1982 when Argentina occupied them.
		Grytviken, on South Georgia, was a 19th and early 20th century whaling station.
	www.indexmundi.com /south_georgia_and_the_south_sandwich_islands/background.html (222 words)

	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
		To the northwest of Zavodovski Island is the Protector Shoal, a submarine volcano.
		In 2001, the South Georgia government received a certificate from the Marine Stewardship Council for its sustainable Patagonian toothfish fishery, which certifies that they met the MSC's environmental standards and places limits on the timing and quantity of Patagonian toothfish that may be caught.
	www.jgames.co.uk /title/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands (3373 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		Thereafter, South Georgia was much visited by sealers of many nationalities who reaped a rich harvest from the immense number of fur seals and elephant seals that frequented the shores.
		South Georgia also has a rich heritage stemming from its past prominence as a staging post for Antarctic discovery and the sealing and whaling industries it supported.
		South Georgia is the breeding ground for some 85% of the world’s Southern Fur Seal population as well as globally significant populations of elephant seals, albatrosses, petrels and penguins.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1018965251662 (1725 words)

	UKOTCF: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
		South Georgia lies 1300 km SE of the Falkland Islands, and the South Sandwich Islands (SSI) a further 760 km SE.
		South Georgia is mountainous with many glaciers, permanent ice covering almost half of its total land area of 3755 km2.
		The South Sandwich Islands consist of an uninhabited 240 km chain of active volcanic islands.
	www.ukotcf.org /territories/sgssi.htm (349 words)

	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) used to be a dependency of the Falkland Islands, but since 1985, under the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Order, was formed as a separate British Overseas Territory, under a Commissioner who is at the same time, Governor of the Falkland Islands.
		I received a letter from Gordon Liddle, Operations Manager for the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, via Michel Lupant, confirming that the old flags used a white disc, but that the new flags he has just ordered are exactly like the ones on my site.
		The estoiles are from the arms of James Cook, who named South Georgia in honour of King George III and the South Sandwich Islands in reference to his sponsor, John Fourth Earl of Sandwich, who was First Lord of the Admiralty in 1775 when the islands were discovered.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gs.html (671 words)

	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Island Week) - Google Sightseeing
		Currently an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, the glacier covered main island of South Georgia was invaded by Argentinean forces on 19 March 1982 - triggering the start of the Falklands War.
		South Georgia is also the final resting place of British explorer Ernest Shackleton, who is buried somewhere just south of the settlement of Grytviken, which is looking a little run-down since whaling ended here in 1966 - you can still see the rusting remains of whale oil processing plants and abandoned whaling ships.
		Most of the rest of the island group is uncovered by high-resolution, with the stunning exception of the Candlemas Islands, a pair of uninhabited volcanic islands surrounded by hundreds of awesome icebergs.
	googlesightseeing.com /2006/08/29/south-georgia-and-the-south-sandwich-islands-island-week (703 words)

	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
		The islands are located in the South Atlantic Ocean, east of the tip of South America, approximately 1,000 km east of the Falkland Islands, from which they are administered.
		A small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001 and was replaced by a permanent group of scientists from the British Antarctic Survey.
		Atlas: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - Facts on South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: flags, maps, geography, history, statistics, disasters current events, and international relations.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108107.html (222 words)

	Noonsite: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (Site not responding. Last check: )
		South Georgia lies 800 miles ESE of the Falkland Islands, while the South Sandwich Islands are 470 miles SE of South Georgia.
		Argentina made claims to the islands and in 1982 invaded South Georgia, site of a British Antarctic Survey Base; three weeks later British forces recaptured it, also expelling the Argentinians who had lived on the previously uninhabited South Sandwich Islands from 1976.
		In 1985 all the islands ceased to be governed as dependencies of the Falklands and are now administered by the Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, based in Stanley.
	www.noonsite.com /Countries/SouthGeorgiaSouthSandwichIslands (188 words)

	Antarctic Philately: South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
		In 1962, Graham Land, the South Orkneys, the South Shetlands, Alexander I Land and the part of Coats Land belonging to the Falkland Island Dependencies became a separate colony, the British Antarctic Territory.
		The FID were thus restricted to the South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia.
		On October 3, 1985 a new constitution came into effect which meant that South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ceased to be dependencies of the Falkland Islands and they are now a separate territory.
	www.south-pole.com /p0000042.htm (193 words)

	Travel guide for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands - Hostels, things to do, nightlife, tips, etc
		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands [1] are two groups of sub-antarctic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean east of the southern tip of South America, north of Antarctica.
		Bird Island - An island located at the northwest tip of South Georgia on which long-term research by the British Antarctic Survery is ongoing.
		The islands have played a minor role in history, including a brief occupation by Argentina during the Falklands war (the Falkland Islands themselves are 1000 km (621 miles) to the west).
	paganel.eu /south_georgia_and_the_south_sandwich_islands/index.html (1159 words)

	Noonsite: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (Site not responding. Last check: )
		South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands : Formalities
		Permission is required from the Commissioner for all visits to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
		The islands' native flora and fauna are protected under the Falkland Islands Dependencies Ordinance.
	www.noonsite.com /Countries/SouthGeorgiaSouthSandwichIslands?rc=Formalities (125 words)

	South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands Coins
		It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia — which measures approximately 100 miles (160 km) by 18 miles (29 km) and is by far the largest island in the territory — and a group of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands.
		The Island of South Georgia is said to have been first sighted in 1675 by Anthony de la Roché, a London merchant, and was named Roche Island on some early maps.
		From 1985, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ceased to be administered as a Falkland Islands Dependency and became a separate territory.
	www.24carat.co.uk /southgeorgiasouthsandwichislands.html (1492 words)

	Antarctica Cruise and Travel Guide, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
		Over half the island is permanently glaciated, wildlife is abundant, approaches by sea usually straightforward and it is steeped in the history of Antarctic exploration and of Antarctic whalers and sealers.
		From then until the mid 1960's South Georgia was one of the most important places in the world for the whaling industry.
		South Georgia may not be Antarctica proper, but it is an absolutely fantastic place, whether for the history, wildlife or the exhilaration of being in such an unspoiled and spectacular environment.
	www.coolantarctica.com /Travel/south_georgia_south_sandwich_islands.htm (1473 words)

	South Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the southern Atlantic Ocean
		The southern part of any other region or territory called Georgia; see Georgia (disambiguation).
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Georgia (106 words)

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