South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/South_Georgia_and_South_Sandwich_Islands
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Stanley,_Falkland_Islands
gptkbp:area 3,903 km²
gptkbp:capital King Edward Point
gptkbp:claimedBy gptkb:Argentina
gptkbp:climate polar
gptkbp:coatOfArms Coat of arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
gptkbp:contains gptkb:South_Georgia
gptkb:South_Sandwich_Islands
gptkbp:containsSettlement Grytviken
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:dialCode +500
gptkbp:discoveredBy James Cook
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1775
gptkbp:distanceFromFalklands about 1,300 km east-southeast
gptkbp:flag Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
gptkbp:formerWhalingStations Grytviken
gptkbp:governor Nigel Phillips
gptkbp:hasNoPermanentPopulation true
gptkbp:hasResearchCenter gptkb:Bird_Island
King Edward Point
gptkbp:highestPoint 2,934 m
Mount Paget
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
gptkbp:internetTLD .gs
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code GS
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:South_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity fishing
tourism
gptkbp:mainIslands gptkb:Clerke_Rocks
gptkb:Shag_Rocks
gptkb:Bird_Island
gptkb:South_Georgia
gptkb:South_Sandwich_Islands
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Falklands_War_(1982)
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:population ~30 (non-permanent, 2023)
gptkbp:postalCode SIQQ 1ZZ
gptkbp:protectedArea gptkb:South_Georgia_and_South_Sandwich_Islands_Marine_Protected_Area
gptkbp:state gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:status Non-self-governing territory
gptkbp:timezone GST (UTC−2)
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus Not a World Heritage Site
gptkbp:wildlife seals
albatrosses
penguins
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Falkland_Islands_1982
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6