On this day in 1982, Argentine forces seize the Falkland Islands, followed by the invasion of South Georgia the next day. It takes the United Kingdom just 73 days to assemble a naval task force, sail it to the South Atlantic and retake its territory. reddit.com/gallery/mig6an
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I was cruising around Google Maps when these colorful "balloons" started popping out everywhere along the south-west coast of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands. Well, what are they?? reddit.com/gallery/lpqqh8
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The South Pacific Scouts were a jungle warfare unit formed during World War II from Fijians and Solomon Islanders. They participated in the American landings at New Georgia in 1943
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πŸ”₯ During an expedition to South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory and island in the South Atlantic, Flemish nature guide Yves Adams encountered a rare sight: a yellow penguin πŸ”₯ reddit.com/gallery/lmmqmr
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[2] Explorer Mode 2.0 #56: SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS

Welcome back to Explorer Mode 2.0! This series aims to expand on the Explorer Mode feature on the Geoguessr website by showcasing all of the available countries that are not yet included in the official game mode.

This series will work similarly to the official game mode, however rather than tallying individual scores, this will be a collaborative effort where the final score for each challenge will be the average of all scores posted in this thread.

I will post a new challenge each Monday and Thursday.

If you post a score for the challenge, please also include the country you would vote to play next. If your score is the highest I will go with your selection.

The results of each challenge will be tracked here.

Previously, we visited the Falkland Islands and came away with a bronze medal. Fearless_frosk posted the highest score of 24,971.

Today we will be visiting South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. A British Overseas Territory located in the southern Atlantic Ocean 1,300 kilometers east of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are a group of islands with no permanent population. Like the Falkland Islands, they are also claimed by Argentina, who maintained a naval base in the territory from 1976 to 1982. The islands were used as a base for whaling in the 20th century, and the ghost town of Grytviken stands as a reminder of this period.

For this challenge, we will be using the map created by 0321654. So without further ado, here is the link to the challenge!

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You can camp on your own island inside Reed Bingham State Park in South Central Georgia! I've lived close to this park my entire life and we just found out about the island! v.redd.it/33eig8t0v1s61
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πŸ“…︎ Apr 09 2021
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The British colonization of Antarctica was already proposed by the geographer & hydrographer of the Royal Navy Alexander Dalrymple in 1772; here is my plan of the colonies & eventual dominions of Dalrymplia (South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands) and New South Britain/the Christian Federation of A.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Imperial_Kingdom/comments/my43u6/alexander_dalrymple_17371808_a_hydrographer_of/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

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Has anybody seen anything comparable to these colorful "spheres" off the south-west coast of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands? reddit.com/gallery/lq87ne
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πŸ“…︎ Feb 23 2021
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Sinking of the submarine ARA Santa Fe by British helicopters at South Georgia Island, 25th of April 1982
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πŸ“…︎ Feb 19 2021
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Rhode Island is one of 10 states β€” along with Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, and Texas β€” that are in the β€œred zone”, which means they have 25 or more new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people every day forbes.com/sites/suzanner…
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands reddit.com/r/CampingGear/…
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πŸ“…︎ Apr 16 2021
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Elephant Seal Pup Encounter on South Georgia Island youtube.com/watch?v=kb_GJ…
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πŸ“…︎ Feb 18 2021
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Scientist weighing an Albatross chick on the island of South Georgia, 1989.
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Just off Gold Harbour, South Georgia. We initially had conditions of 15 knots but upon seeing a couple of tiny williwaws on the shoreline the ice pilot declared "no landings today!" We waited to see and 15 minutes later we had katabatic winds gusting over 80 knots which lasted the entire day. v.redd.it/xwt9yrw5ydu61
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The High Point of every country: South Georgia Island - Mount Paget 2,935 m (9,629 ft)
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The Worlds Largest Iceberg, the Size of South Georgia Island is on a Collision Course with… South Georgia Island bbc.com/news/science-envi…
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πŸ“…︎ Dec 09 2020
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On this day in 1982, Argentine forces seize the Falkland Islands, followed by the invasion of South Georgia the next day. It takes the United Kingdom just 73 days to assemble a naval task force, sail it to the South Atlantic and retake its territory. reddit.com/gallery/mig6an
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πŸ“…︎ Apr 02 2021
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King Edward Point, the smallest (by area and population) capital in the World - South Georgia
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πŸ“…︎ May 10 2021
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A yellow penguin has been photographed for the first time on South Georgia island countryliving.com/uk/wild…
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Sinking of the submarine ARA Santa Fe by British helicopters at South Georgia Island, 25th of April 1982
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πŸ“…︎ Mar 08 2021
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Grytviken, South Georgia Island. Ship at abandoned whaling station.
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πŸ“…︎ Feb 25 2021
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Satellite photo of the largest iceberg in the world next to South Georgia island
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πŸ“…︎ Dec 18 2020
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The High Point of every country: South Georgia Island - Mount Paget 2,935 m (9,629 ft)
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πŸ“…︎ Mar 11 2021
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Size* of the iceberg that could hit South Georgia island
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πŸ“…︎ Dec 09 2020
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This is Iceberg A68a which broke off from Antarctica. It is the size of Delaware and is on course to collide with South Georgia Island v.redd.it/mhqski6u4o461
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There's a rare yellow penguin on South Georgia island, and biologists can't quite explain it google.com/amp/s/www.live…
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πŸ“…︎ Feb 22 2021
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TIL about the Falklands War, when Argentina unsuccessfully invaded the British Falklands, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands in 1982. Argentina still claims these as their own. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fal…
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πŸ“…︎ Nov 10 2020
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Satellite photo of the largest iceberg in the world next to the 165 km long South Georgia island
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Photgrapher Yves Adams captured a never before seen yellow pengiun from a colony of 120,000 king penguins in South Georgia islands. Photo by Yves Adams and Kennedy News reddit.com/gallery/lvbvmg
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πŸ”₯ King Penguins on South Georgia, 1300km Southeast of the Falkland Islands.
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Timelapse satellite images of iceberg A68a heading on a collision course for South Georgia Island. The iceberg is roughly the size and shape of Jamaica.
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My South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Redesign
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πŸ“…︎ Dec 24 2020
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The Georgian Republic of Georgia's colony of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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@Reuters: Iceberg A68a which split from an Antarctic ice shelf in 2017 and approached South Georgia island broke into pieces that are swirling around the island. Scientists are now studying their effect on wildlife https://t.co/i7Vo9jpwUp https://t.co/bz6JAfWucM mobile.twitter.com/Reuter…
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According to Google Earth there are apparently two kebab shops on the uninhabited (permanently) β€œMain Island” of the South Georgia and Sandwich Islands.
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Giant Antarctic Iceberg on Collision Course with British Atlantic Island of South Georgia ibtimes.sg/giant-antarcti…
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Yesterday I got to see bigger pieces of the iceberg. They were probably debris of the A68e ("the finger"), which is north of the island. The A68a still giant and south of the South Georgia. youtu.be/EE4P0VfzPjg
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πŸ“…︎ Jan 26 2021
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The size of these whale oil tanks from an old abandoned British whaling station on the island of South Georgia (Me for scale, Grytviken, South Georgia, January 2020)
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Huge iceberg breaking up off South Georgia Island is still a threat nationalgeographic.com/en…
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πŸ“…︎ Dec 29 2020
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An Enormous Iceberg Is Headed for South Georgia Islandβ€”Again wired.com/story/an-enormo…
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πŸ“…︎ Nov 19 2020
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Giant iceberg misses South Georgia Island and breaks up rapidly newatlas.com/science/gian…
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