Country reference

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, officially recorded here as South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, is in its recorded region. Its capital is Not specified by source, and the profile links the place to GBP, 1 recorded IANA time zone, airports, education organizations, postal locations and historical route data. The World Bank income classification shown for this profile is an unclassified income group. GeoNames reports an area of 3,903 square kilometres. The structured country metadata lists calling code not stated, top-level domain .gs, 1 language code, and 0 neighbouring territories. Indicator years can differ because each source series is published on its own schedule; the tables and charts below retain the year and unit for every observation. Country names, boundaries and classifications can change over time. Regional and income labels are statistical classifications rather than political or legal judgments. Linked airport, university, air-quality, postal and route totals reflect only records published in this DataOfWorld release, not complete national inventories.

1Currency Count
1Time zones Count
1Postal Codes Count

Key facts

Country code
GS
ISO alpha-3
SGS
Official name
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Capital
Not specified by source
Currency
GBP
Time zones
Atlantic/South_Georgia
Area (sq km)
3903.0
Top-level domain
.gs
Postal code format
SIQQ 1ZZ
Languages
en
GeoNames ID
3474415

Field-level provenance

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