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Flag and country information -
Overseas territory of the UK SOUTH GEORGIA and SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS |
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Area - 3,903 sq km / 1,506 sq ml |
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Capital - administered from the Falkland Islands |
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Population - permanent group of scientists from the British Antarctic Survey stationed at Grytviken, a former whaling base, also at a biological base on Bird Island, which lies at the western tip of South Georgia. South Sandwich is uninhabited |
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Physical features - islands rise steeply from the sea, are mountainous and barren; South Georgia has glacier covered mountains; active volcanoes on South Sandwich |
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Industies - fishing licenses, postage stamps, some tourism |
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