South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Local nameSouth Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
LocationSouth America

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 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 kilometres long and 35 kilometres wide and is by far the largest island in the territory. The South Sandwich Islands lie about 700 kilometres southeast of South Georgia. The territory's total land area is 3,903 km2. The Falkland Islands are about 1,300 kilometres west from its nearest point.

The South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited, and a very small non-permanent population resides on South Georgia. There are no scheduled passenger flights or ferries to or from the territory, although visits by cruise liners to South Georgia are increasingly popular, with several thousand visitors each summer.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands

Coordinates -54°17'0.762" N -36°29'40.688" E

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