UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES CONSERVATION FORUM
Virtual Tours: S Georgia, S Sandwich Islands
The Full Tour
Map
Introduction
Features of Natural Interest
Features of Other Interest, including Cultural
Threats / Problems / Issues
Projects / Conservation Actions
Opportunities
Organisations and Links
Tour Selection
Introduction

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) are two remote groups of islands in the South Atlantic that form part of the Scotia Arc, an island arc system and former land bridge that connects the tip of South America with the Antarctic Peninsula.

'Map of Scotia Sea'

Credit: Gi via Wikimedia Commons

Image licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (original image)


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