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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands, known as the South Sandwich Islands. South Georgia is long and wide and is by far the largest island in the territory. The South Sandwich Islands lie about southeast of South Georgia. There is no native population on the islands; the present inhabitants are the British Government Officer, Deputy Postmaster, scientists, and support staff from the British Antarctic Survey who maintain scientific bases at Bird Island and at the capital, King Edward Point, as well as museum staff at nearby Grytviken. The United Kingdom claimed sovereignty over South Georgia in 1775 and the South Sandwich Islands in 1908. In 1908 the United Kingdom annexed both South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The territory of "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" was formed in 1985; previously it had been governed as part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. Argentina claimed South Georgia in 1927 and claimed the South Sandwich Islands in 1938. Argentina maintained a naval station, Corbeta Uruguay on Thule Island in the South Sandwich Islands, from 1976 until 1982 when it was closed by the Royal Navy. The Argentine claim over South Georgia contributed to the 1982 Falklands War, during which Argentine forces briefly occupied the island. Argentina continues to claim sovereignty over South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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Južna Georgija i otočje Južni Sandwich (izv. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) je Britansko prekomorsko područje u južnom Atlantiku, oko 1.390 kilometara jugoistočno od Falklanda i oko 2.150 kilometara istočno od Ognjene Zemlje. Administrativni centar je King Edward Point, na zeljevu Cumberland East Bay na Južnoj Georgiji, u kojem se 22. ožujka 2002. godine otvorila nova istraživačka postaja sa izgrađenim laboratorijem i sadržajem za odmor, u kojem je već registrirano oko 20 brodova iz raznih država, među kojima, uz Falkland, i iz Španjolske, Južnoafričke Republike, Čilea i Urugvaja. Teritorij je okružen hladnim vodama Antarktika a veliki dijelovi otoka prekriveni su vječnim ledom, a u kasnoj zimi okruženi ledenim santama. Na Južnoj Georgiji svojom impozantnošću ističe se Mount Paget (2960 m) u planinama Allardyce Range, a sa padina se prema fjordovima polako spuštaju brojni ledenjaci. Sastoji se od otoka Južna Georgija, otočja Južni Sandwich te nekoliko manjih otoka i grebena: Shag Rocks, Black Rock, Clerke Rocks i Bird Island. Ukupna površina ovog područja je 3903 km², od čega 3760 km² otpada na Južnu Georgiju. Ovo područje od kasnih 1700-ih do sredine 1900-ih služi kao baza lovcima na tuljane i kitolovcima. Manju turističku pozornost od 1990-ih privlače tuljani, pingvini i drugi divlji svijet.