British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:area 3,903 km²
gptkbp:capital King Edward Point
gptkbp:climate polar
gptkbp:coatOfArms Coat of arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
gptkbp:consistsOf gptkb:South_Georgia
gptkb:South_Sandwich_Islands
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:Argentina
gptkbp:dialCode +500
gptkbp:established 1985
gptkbp:flag Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
gptkbp:governor Nigel Phillips (as of 2023)
gptkbp:hasResearchCenter gptkb:Bird_Island
King Edward Point
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
gptkbp:internetTLD .gs
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code GS
gptkbp:location gptkb:South_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity fishing
tourism
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Falklands_War_(1982)
gptkbp:nowPartOf gptkb:Falkland_Islands_Dependencies
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands
gptkbp:population ~30 (non-permanent, 2023)
no permanent residents
gptkbp:protectedArea South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area
gptkbp:state gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:status Non-self-governing territory
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:South_Georgia_Time_(UTC−2)
gptkbp:wildlife seals
albatrosses
penguins
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shag_Rocks
gptkb:Zavodovski_Island
gptkb:South_Georgia
gptkb:South_Georgia_Island
gptkb:South_Sandwich_Islands
gptkb:Young_Island
gptkb:Mount_Mount_Michael
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6