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).

Other words from South Georgia

  • South Georgian, adjective, noun

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How to use South Georgia in a sentence

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

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

    South! | Sir Ernest Shackleton

British Dictionary definitions for South Georgia

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)

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