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

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South Georgia

The Hondius reached its first stop, South Georgia Island, on day five.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

On April 1, the ship left Argentina and headed back to Cape Verde, with stops on the Atlantic Ocean islands of South Georgia, Tristan de Cunha and St. Helena.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

After visiting islands including South Georgia and Tristan da Cunha, the vessel called at Saint Helena, where the first fatality was taken off the ship on April 24.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

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

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025

If they took to the sea again, they faced another perilous journey 130 miles around the tip of South Georgia to the whaling stations.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong