South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Falkland_Islands
gptkbp:area 3903 km²
gptkbp:capital King Edward Point
gptkbp:claimedBy gptkb:Argentina
gptkbp:climate polar tundra
gptkbp:coatOfArms Coat of arms of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
gptkbp:currency Pound sterling
gptkbp:discoveredBy James Cook
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1775
gptkbp:distanceFromFalklands ~1,300 km east-southeast
gptkbp:distanceFromSouthAmerica ~2,150 km east of the tip of South America
gptkbp:flag Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
gptkbp:formerWhalingStations Grytviken
Leith Harbour
gptkbp:glaciers true
gptkbp:governor Nigel Phillips
gptkbp:hasNoAirports true
gptkbp:hasNoPermanentPopulation true
gptkbp:hasResearchCenter Bird Island Research Station
British Antarctic Survey
King Edward Point Research Station
gptkbp:hasVolcano true
gptkbp:highestPoint 2,934 m
Mount Paget
gptkbp:homeport King Edward Point
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
gptkbp:internetTLD .gs
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code GS
gptkbp:largestCity Grytviken
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:South_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity fishing
scientific research
tourism
gptkbp:mainIslands gptkb:South_Georgia
gptkb:South_Sandwich_Islands
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
gptkbp:population ~30 (non-permanent, 2023)
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 GST (UTC−2)
gptkbp:wildlife seals
albatrosses
penguins
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:GMT
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4