The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about 604 km north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and 844 km south-west of South Georgia Island. They have a total area of about 620 km². The islands are claimed both by Britain, and by Argentina as part of Argentine Antarctica. Under the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, sovereignty cl…
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about 604 km north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and 844 km south-west of South Georgia Island. They have a total area of about 620 km². The islands are claimed both by Britain, and by Argentina as part of Argentine Antarctica. Under the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, sovereignty claims are held in abeyance.
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