South Georgia

American  

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).

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South Georgia British  

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)

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Other Word Forms

• South Georgian adjective

Example Sentences

Shackleton famously reached the whaling station of Stromness on South Georgia in 1916 after spending 18 months stranded on Antarctica with his crew.

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The Dundee-based South Georgia Heritage Trust have been working to stabilise the structure, with plans to create a digital "twin" of the building for people around the world to see it.

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The trust raised more than £3m to send a team to South Georgia.

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This season, 100 ships are expected to visit South Georgia, bringing around 18,000 visitors.

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Shetlander Helen Balfour is the assistant curator at the South Georgia Museum in Grytviken, one of the island's former whaling stations.

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