South Georgia

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Etymology

The main island was renamed "Isle of Georgia" in 1775, in honour of King George III of Great Britain, by Captain James Cook.

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South Georgia

  1. Ellipsis of South Georgia Island.; An island in the southern Atlantic Ocean, part of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom, a British-owned territory
  2. Ellipsis of South Georgia Islands.; An island group next to South Georgia Island, in the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom

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