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South Georgia [154]
(Dependency of Falkland Is., United Kingdom)
LAND AREA: 0 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
| >17,000 |
>10,000 |
>1,000 |
>100 |
>10 |
>1 |
<1 |
Unknown |
TOTAL |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION: 499 (1964)
DENSITY: 0 persons/sq. km GROWTH RATE: 0%/year
ECONOMY
Income/Capita: $0
ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
SPECIES OF CONSERVATION INTEREST:
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
British Antarctic Survey
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION:
Covered by CCAMLR, CITES, Ramsar, World Heritage and Bonn Conventions.
Falkland Island Dependencies Conservation Ordinance 1975
ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
REFERENCES:
Last updated 01/02/98
Islands of South Georgia
South Georgia (United Kingdom - Falkland- South Georgia)
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