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The South Sandwich Islands comprise 11 mostly volcanic islands (excluding tiny satellite islands and offshore rocks), with some active volcanoes. They form an island arc running north–south in the region 56°18'–59°27'S, 26°23'–28°08'W, between about 350 and 500 mi (300 and 430 nmi; 560 and 800 km) southeast of South Georgia.
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The South Sandwich Islands ( Spanish: Islas Sandwich del Sur) are a chain of uninhabited volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. They are administered as part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The chain lies in the sub-Antarctic region, about 700 kilometres (430 mi) southeast of South ...
Island (spanish Name)AreaHighest PeakLocation–−27 m (−89 ft)25 km 2 (9.7 sq mi)Mount Asphyxia 550 m (1,800 ft)0.3 km 2 (0.12 sq mi)Rudder Point 190 m (620 ft)35 km 2 (14 sq mi)Mount Hodson 915 m (3,002 ft)Apr 5, 2024 · South Sandwich Islands, group of actively volcanic islets in the South Atlantic Ocean, north of the Weddell Sea and 470 miles (760 km) southeast of the island of South Georgia. They extend for 190 miles (305 km), occupy 120 square miles (310 square km), and are covered with glaciers. Until 1985.
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are a chain of Subantarctic islands in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. The islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom: they have no permanent residents and their administration is physically based in the Falklands, but since 1985 they have been a separate jurisdiction. Map.
May 15, 2024 · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands lie approximately 1,000 km east of the Falkland Islands and have been under British administration since 1908 -- except for a brief period in 1982 when Argentina occupied them. Grytviken, on South Georgia, was a 19th- and early 20th-century whaling station.
South Georgia has an area of 1,450 square miles (3,756 square km). It is 100 miles (160 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) wide and rises to Mount Paget (9,625 feet [2,934 metres]). The island’s bleak Antarctic climate, with perpetual snow covering three-fourths of the island, supports only hardy grasses and other tundra plants.
