!!!South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands: Geography
||Location|Southern South America, islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, east of the tip of South America
||Geographic Coordinates|54 30 S, 37 00 W[{GoogleMap location='-54.5,-37.0' zoom='4'}]
||Land boundaries|0 km
||Coastline|NA
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Atlantic Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Mount Paget (South Georgia) 2,934 m
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||Terrain|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
||Natural Hazards|the South Sandwich Islands have prevailing weather conditions that generally make them difficult to approach by ship; they are also subject to active volcanism
||Natural Resource|fish
||Land Use|''arable land: ''0%\\''permanent crops: ''0%\\''other: ''100% (largely covered by permanent ice and snow with some sparse vegetation consisting of grass, moss, and lichen) (2011)
||Climate|variable, with mostly westerly winds throughout the year interspersed with periods of calm; nearly all precipitation falls as snow
||Irrigated Land|0 sq km (2011)
||Renewable Water Resources|NA
||Environment_CurrentIssues|NA
||Environment - international agreements|NA
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||Geography-note|the north coast of South Georgia has several large bays, which provide good anchorage; reindeer, introduced early in the 20th century, live on South Georgia