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Brief History. The islands lie approximately 1,000 km east of the Falkland Islands and have been under British administration since 1908. In 19th and early 20th century, Grytviken, on South Georgia, was a whaling station. Today, the station houses scientists from the British Antarctic Survey. The islands have large bird and seal populations, and, recognizing the importance of preserving the marine stocks in adjacent waters, the UK, in 1993, extended the exclusive fishing zone from 12 nm to 200 nm around each island.

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Local name: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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Population: no indigenous inhabitants

Government: overseas territory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina; administered from the Falkland Islands by a commissioner, who is concurrently governor of the Falkland Islands

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Land size: 3,903 sq km

Topography: most of the islands, rising steeply from the sea, are rugged and mountainous; South Georgia is largely barren and has steep, glacier-covered mountains; the South Sandwich Islands are of volcanic origin with some active volcanoes

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