South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb: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
gptkbp:internetTLD	.gs
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code	GS
gptkbp:largestCity	Grytviken
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:South_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity	gptkb:scientific_research fishing 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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands