South Georgia

noun

1. a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1,290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1,000 sq. mi. (2,590 sq. km).

South Georgia

noun

1. an island in the S Atlantic, about 1300 km (800 miles) southeast of the Falkland Islands, part of the UK Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ; no permanent population. Area: 3755 sq km (1450 sq miles)

Other Words From

• South Georgian adjective noun

Example Sentences

On a trip to the island of South Georgia in 2011, the seabird approached the nature photographer and writer, threw its head back and released a sound that Bergman describes as a kazoo.

From Washington Post

Hurley did not accompany Shackleton on the dash to South Georgia.

From The Daily Beast

Many of them were lawless men, and continually harassed the colonists of South Georgia.

From Project Gutenberg

The probability is that this was what we now know by the name of South Georgia.

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We shook the reef out of the sail and laid our course once more for South Georgia.

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It began to rain hard, and it was the first rain that we had seen since we left South Georgia sixteen months ago.

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If we failed to reach either of them we might try for South Georgia, but our chances of reaching it would be very small.

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