Blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag.
The Government Administration is situated at King Edward Point (KEP) in the small base, a short distance (1 km) from Grytviken. Grytviken was formerly a whaling station on South Georgia.
Administrative divisions:
For DXCC purposes 2 Entities: South Georgia and South Sandwich Is.
Population:
No indigenous inhabitants. The small military garrison on South Georgia withdrew in March 2001, to be replaced by a permanent group of scientists of the British Antarctic Survey, which also has a biological station on Bird Island; there are two British Antarctic Research Stations (Bird Island and King Edward Point), two Museum Curators and a Marine Officer and his wife. The South Sandwich Islands are uninhabited.
Geographic coordinates:
54° 15' S, 36° 45' W
Area total:
3,903 sq. km includes Shag Rocks, Black Rock, Clerke Rocks, South Georgia Island, Bird Island, and the South Sandwich Islands, which consist of some nine islands.
G 3,755 sq. km
S 148 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
0 km
Elevation extremes:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m - Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,934 m
Internet country code:
.gs
Currency:
British pound (GBP)
Name - conventional long form:
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Name - conventional short form:
South Georgia
Name - local short form:
SGSSI
Independence:
none (part of UK)
Constitution:
adopted 3 October 1985
Government type:
The Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands was formed in 1985 as separate British territory under a commissioner. It had previously been part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. The Commissioner of the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) was vested in legal, financial and administrative authority and responsibility for the governance of these United Kingdom dependent territories. On South Georgia the Marine Officer at King Edward Point, is the Government's representative and has responsibility for local administration. The South Georgia Government team is based in Stanley in the Falkland Islands at Government House.
Dependency status:
The overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina; administered from the Falkland Islands. It had previously been part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies.