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

For Olson, the highlight of her time aboard the Plancius was the ship’s visit to South Georgia Island, home to millions of penguins in the South Atlantic Ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

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

"People are interested in the wildlife, but actually there's a lot of people who want to come to South Georgia to pay their respects to him."

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

The bird could have reached South Georgia in a matter of hours, if it chose, while the men in the James Caird were crawling like a beetle over the surface of the ocean.

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