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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
| Location |
S Atlantic Ocean, E of Cape Horn |
| Latitude and longitude |
54 30 S, 37 00 W |
| Sovereignty |
United Kingdom |
| Population |
uninhabited; military + scientific personnel only
|
| Land area in square kilometers |
4,066 |
Fundamental legal documents online
|
|
British
Overseas Territories Act 2002, on the ISLAND LAW website |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Dependencies
and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and
Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of
State, Washington, D.C. |
| South
Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, from Paul Carroll’s The
Subatlantic and Antarctic Islands |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
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