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[courtesy of wiki, where i'm humbly sponging off quirky facts and pictures from...] South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. The territory was formed in 1985; previously it was governed as part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia – which measures approximately 100 miles (160 km) by 18 miles (29 km) and is by far the largest island in the territory – and a group of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands. There is no native population on any of the islands, and the only inhabitants are the officers, scientists, and support staff from the British Antarctic Survey who maintain scientific bases at Bird Island and at the capital, King Edward Point, as well as museum staff at nearby Grytviken. SGSSI's Coat of Arms [amazing how ppl conjure up these "coats"... see the reindeer, sea lions and penguins . re...

Short excerpt taken from wiki at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda : Bermuda (officially, The Bermuda Islands or The Somers Isles) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean . Located off the east coast of the United States , it is situated around 1,100 miles (1770 km) northeast of Miami , Florida and 840 miles (1350 km) south of Halifax , Nova Scotia . The nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras , North Carolina , about 640 miles (1030 km) west-northwest (see Geography section below). It is the oldest remaining British overseas territory, settled by England a century before the Acts of Union and two centuries before the creation of the United Kingdom . Although commonly referred to in the singular, the territory consists of approximately 138 islands , with a total area of 27.7 sq. mi. (53.3 square kilometres). Compiling a list of these islands is often complicated, as many have more than one name (as does the entire archipelago, which, in addition t...