South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · South Georgia
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (GS, SGS) is a territory in Antarctic, with King Edward Point as its capital. The currency is the British Pound (GBP, £). The time zone is Atlantic/South_Georgia. Official language: English.
CurrencyGBP£
Time zoneSouth GeorgiaUTC−02:00
LanguageEnglish
CapitalKing Edward Point
Population203.9K km²
Overview
- Official name
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Native name
- South Georgia
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- GS
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- SGS
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 239
- Demonym
- South Georgian South Sandwich Islander
- Capital
- King Edward Point
- Region
- Antarctic
- Status
- Dependency or territory
- Groups
- South America
- Internet domain
- .gs
- Coordinates
- -54.5, -37
- Area
- 3,903 km²
- Population
- 20
- GDP
- $1.1M ($54.1K per person)
- Literacy
- 99%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
- None
Currency
British Pound GBP
- Symbol
- £
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- £1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| English en | Official | 100% (20) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic/South_Georgia | UTC−02:00 | none | South Georgia Time |
Phone numbers
No phone data.
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City}
{Postal code}
- Required fields
- Street address, City, Postal code
- Uppercase fields
- City, Postal code
Postal code
- Pattern
SIQQ 1ZZ- Examples
- SIQQ 1ZZ
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23), also h, hb, hB
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the English (South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands) locale (en-GS), amounts in GBP.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (GBP)
- £1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- (£1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 British pounds
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometres per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, 27 March 2026
- Date, long
- 27 March 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 Mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/03/2026
- Time, medium
- 15:04:05
- Time, short
- 15:04
- Date and time
- 27 Mar 2026, 15:04
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B and C
- List: or
- A, B or C