South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

LC control no.	no 91025133
Descriptive conventions	rda
Geographic heading	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Geographic subdivision usage	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
Variant(s)	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands SGSSI Falkland Islands Dependencies Islas Georgias del Sur
See also	Falkland Islands *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Beginning date	1985
Associated country	Great Britain
Found in	Its The South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands gazette, June 1990. National Geographic atlas of the world, 1990: p. 123 (Once part of the Falkland group, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are now a separate British dependency) Statesman's yrbk., 1992/93: p. 1207 (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands; under the new constitution which came into force on 3 Oct. 1985 the territories ceased to be dependencies of the Falkland Islands) The world factbook, via WWW, September 9, 2015 (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina; conventional long form: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; conventional short form: South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands; abbreviation: SGSSI; Dependency status: overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina; administered from the Falkland Islands by a commissioner, who is concurrently governor of the Falkland Islands, representing Queen Elizabeth II; 54 30 S, 37 00 W) Wikipedia, September 9, 2015 (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean; consists of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as 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; 54°15ʹS 36°45ʹW) GEOnet names server, September 9, 2015 (South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (approved); South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (approved); South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (short); variants: Falkland Islands Dependencies; Islas Georgias del Sur; dependent political entity; 56°00ʹ00ʺS, 033°00ʹ00ʺW (-56, -33))
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