South Georgia
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South Georgia is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around 1,400 kilometres east of the Falkl
South Georgia passport entry stamp, issued by the Post Office in Grytviken 1984
Church at Grytviken
Snowy sheathbill in nest
King Edward Point
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King Edward Point is a permanent British Antarctic Survey research station on South Georgia island and is the capital of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
South Georgia
…intermittent population scattered in several whaling bases, the most important historically being Grytviken. The main settlement and the capital today is King Edward Point near Grytviken, a British Antarctic Survey research station, with a population of about 20 people. The island of South Georgia was probably discovered…
King Edward Point
Southeast view from Cumberland East Bay, with Grytviken in the left background