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I have removed the following introduction and Background section from the article, because this article is only for the history of the region, not its geographic minutiae. I have copied the removed text here to encourage visibility of it, much of which seems to be good information that could be integrated into a new Geography of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands article or South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands itself, or other places.

South Georgia is described as "the Himalayas of the South Atlantic" or "the Himalayas seen from Shimla"^[1].

References

1. ^ Expedition to the end of the world

Introduction

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The UK overseas territoryofSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands comprises the South Georgia Islands, the South Sandwich archipelago, Clerke Rocks, Shag Rocks and Black Rock. The islands chain is part of Scotia Arc linking the Antarctic Peninsula mountains and the Patagonian Andes, and extends for some 1,300 km or 700 nmi from Thule Island to the southeast to Shag Rocks to the northwest.

The land area equals that of Cape Verde Islands, and is slightly larger than the U.S. stateofRhode Island or the island of Mallorca, 1.5 times the size of Luxembourg, and twice the size of Mauritius.

The South Georgian jurisdiction was extended according to the Law of the Sea Convention in 1993. The established 200-nmi (370-km) exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is about two times larger than the UK one, comprising 1.4 million km² or 0.54 million mi² of some of the biologically most productive waters in the world ocean. The fisheries are managed by the Government of South Georgia on a sustainable basis in the framework of the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).

Presently the UK Government is preparing its submission to the UN of detailed geological and geophysical surveys in order to extend the continental shelf outer limit up to 350 nmi (650 km) from the shoreline of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in accordance with the provisions of the 1982 UN Law of the Sea Convention. The Government of South Georgia would have the exclusive right of exploiting any natural resources such as minerals, natural gas and oil that might be discovered in the annexed seabed. ^[1]

By virtue of Britain's membership in the European Union the territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is associated with the Union, being one of the EU Overseas Countries and Territories under the Treaty of Rome and all subsequent EU treaties.^[2]

-kotra (talk) 02:22, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a direct link to the relevant section of de Seixas's book at Google books Dab14763 (talk) 08:33, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The line "...Sir Ernest Shackleton (d. 1922) whose British Antarctic Expedition (1908-09) established the route to the South Pole subsequently followed by Roald Amundsen..." is contradicted in Amundsen's South Pole expedition, which states "...Scott could follow the known route up the Beardmore Glacier to the Antarctic Plateau, which had been scouted by Ernest Shackleton in 1908, while Amundsen would have to find his way through unknown territory to the Pole." I think this article is incorrect and should reflect the Amundson article. Cheers, Mark 150.49.180.199 (talk) 01:10, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are right, it was Scott who followed Shackleton's route not Amindsen. Fixed. Apcbg (talk) 05:32, 5 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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