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South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands sovereignty dispute 1

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

sovereignty dispute

Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich

Islands

The sovereignty of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

is disputed between the United Kingdom and Argentina. The United

Kingdom claimed South Georgia in 1775,[1][2]

annexed the islands in

1908, and has exercised de facto control with the exception of a brief

period during the Falklands War in 1982 when the islands were

partially controlled by Argentina.[3]

The dispute started in 1927 when

Argentina claimed sovereignty over South Georgia, and subsequently

was expanded in scope with Argentina claiming the South Sandwich

Islands in 1938.[4]

The islands have no indigenous population,[5]

and

currently no permanent population.

History of the claims

Origins of the British claim

The South Georgia archipelago was first claimed for Great Britain by James Cook in January 1775, having been

previously discovered by Anthony de la Roch.[6]

However, the British did little to enforce this claim until 1843,

when Letters Patent were issued to provide for the government of the islands, which were to be governed as a

Falkland Islands Dependency. These were revised in 1876 and 1892.

In 1908, following enquiries regarding the sovereignty of the area currently covered by the British Antarctic

Territory from the Norwegian government, the British government stated that the islands were British, and issued

Letters Patent to include "South Orkney, South Georgia and South Shetland islands, and Graham Land situated in the

South Atlantic Ocean to the south of the 50th parallel of south latitude and lying between the 20th and 80th degrees

of west longitude" as Falkland Islands Dependencies. It was made clear at this time that the association with the

Falkland Islands was intended as an administrative convenience.[7]

As it had been observed within the British government that a literal interpretation of this claim would include parts

of the South American mainland, the letters patent were clarified on 28 March 1917, redefining the limits to exclude

all territories north of 58S and west of 50W, but to otherwise include all land in this region. Though the Argentine

government were given details of the 1908 letters patent (at their request), neither Argentina nor Chile objected to

either claim.[7]
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Origins of the Argentine claim

Solveig Gunbjrg Jacobsen, the first person born

on South Georgia, pictured at the CAP whaling

station at Grytviken in 1916

The Compaa Argentina de Pesca (CAP), an Argentine-registered

whaling company run by Norwegian Carl Anton Larsen, was the first

company to set up operations on South Georgia in 1904. This company

founded the settlement of Grytviken and its employees (including

Larsen himself) became the first permanent residents of the island. In

1905, the Argentine government authorised a weather station on the

island.[8]

In 1906, the CAP signed a lease with the Falkland Islands

government,[8]

and following the 1908 annexation the company started

to use British whaling licences and leases for land at Grytviken and

Jason Harbour.[9]

Also in 1908, the CAP started looking to the South

Sandwich Islands for the expansion of their business.[10]

Larsen

adopted British citizenship in 1910. Argentina's first explicit claim to

South Georgia was made in 1927 and to the South Sandwich Islands in 1938.[4]

Later developments

Following the Argentine claims, the UK repeatedly (in 1947, 1951, 1953 and 1954) offered to take the matter to the

International Court of Justice in the Hague but this was turned down by Argentina. When Britain took the issue to

the court unilaterally in 1955, Argentina declined to cooperate, citing a lack of jurisdiction.[9]

The British divided the

Falkland Islands dependencies in 1962, in accordance with the newly-signed Antarctic Treaty. Those areas south of

60S became the British Antarctic Territory, while the remainder - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands -

retained their previous status.[11]

Falklands War

Argentina established a military base, Corbeta Uruguay, on Thule Island at the far south of the South Sandwich

Islands in November 1976. When this base was discovered by the British that December, the British protested

diplomatically, and sent a task force (Operation Journeyman) to protect the Falkland Islands from potential

invasion.[12]

On 19 March 1982, a group of 50 Argentines posing as scrap metal merchants landed at Leith Harbour on South

Georgia aboard the ARA Baha Buen Suceso and hoisted the Argentine flag.[13][14][15]

The British government

responded by sending HMS Endurance with 22 Royal Marines to expel the Argentines, but they were held off to

avoid increasing the tension. Further Argentine troops, led by Lieutenant Alfredo Astiz (known as the "blond angel

of death") were landed and the British set up a station to monitor the activities there. Argentine forces invaded theFalkland Islands on 2 April 1982 and took Grytviken the following day, leaving 44 marines.

[16]Despite seizing

Grytviken and Leith, the Argentines were not able to take the entire island and several British Antarctic Survey field

camps remained in the hands of the United Kingdom throughout the length of the war.

In response to the Argentine invasion, the British launched Operation Corporate (the recapture of the Falkland

Islands) of which Operation Paraquet was part. Royal Marines retook Grytviken in two hours on 25 April 1982 using

intelligence from the SBS who had infiltrated the island, following an attack on the ARA Santa Fe by Royal Naval

helicopters.[16][17]

The garrison at Leith Harbour surrendered the following day, and Corbeta Uruguay surrendered

on 20 June 1982. It was demolished that December.
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Current status

Grytviken in 1989

Britain has administered South Georgia and the South Sandwich

Islands separately from the Falklands since the islands were made a

British dependent territory in their own right in 1985.[18]

The status of

the territory was altered by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002,

and the terminology now used isBritish overseas territory.

Argentina considers the islands to be part of the Islas del Atlntico Sur

department of Tierra del Fuego Province. The claim to South Georgia

and the South Sandwich Islands is written into the 1994 Argentine

constitution alongside the claim to the Falkland Islands.[19]

Current claims

Claims by Argentina

Argentina claims that:

Argentina has, since 1927, protested every British action that it has known about that contradicted Argentine

sovereignty of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Claims by the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom claims that:

The first landing on South Georgia was under Captain Cook in 1775.[3]

The United Kingdom annexed South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in 1908.[3]

Whaling stations on the islands (including the CAP) operated under British licence.[3]

The islands have been administered legally by Britain since 1908, with the exception of "a short period of

Argentine occupation in 1982".[3]

References

[1] George Forster.A Voyage Round the World in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop Resolution Commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the Years

1772, 3, 4 and 5 (2 vols.). London, 1777.

[2] R.K. Headland, The Island of South Georgia (http://books. google. com/books?id=lZ04AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=bg&

source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false), Cambridge University Press, 1984. ISBN 0-521-25274-1

[3] Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Country Profile: South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (British Overseas Territory) - History (http:/

/www. fco. gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/country-profiles/south-america/south-georgia-south-sandwich/?profile=history&pg=3)

[4] World Statesmen.org: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (http://www.

worldstatesmen.

org/South_Georgia_Islands.

html);Accessed 23 June 2008

[5] Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (http://www.sgisland.gs/index. php/(h)the_island)

[6] 18th Century History of South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean (http://www. btinternet.com/~sa_sa/south_georgia/

south_georgia_history_18. html), Accessed 23 June 2008

[7] National Interests and Claims in the Antarctic (http://pubs.aina.ucalgary. ca/arctic/Arctic17-1-15. pdf), pps 19-20, Robert E. Wilson

[8] Historia General de las Relaciones Exteriores de la Repblica Argentina: Georgias del Sur (http://www. cema.edu. ar/ceieg/arg-rree/7/

7-104. htm), Universidad del CEMA; accessed 5 July 2008

[9] Getting it right: the real history of the Falklands/Malvinas (http://www.wildisland.gs/atlantis/gettingitright. pdf), p34, Accessed 23 June

2008

[10] Historia General de las Relaciones Exteriores de la Repblica Argentina: Sandwich del Sur (http://www.cema.edu. ar/ceieg/arg-rree/7/

7-106. htm), Universidad del CEMA; accessed 5 July 2008

[11] Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Country Profile: British Antarctic Territory - History (http://www.fco.gov. uk/en/about-the-fco/

country-profiles/south-america/british-antarctic-territory?profile=history&pg=3), accessed 2 July 2008

[12] BBC News - Secret Falklands fleet revealed (http://news.bbc. co.uk/1/hi/uk/4597581.stm), 1 June 2005; Accessed 2 July 2008
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[13] "infiltrated on board, pretending to be scientists, were members of an Argentine naval special forces unit" Nick van der Bijl,Nine Battles to

Stanley, London, Leo Cooper P.8 as reported in Lawrence Freemdman, The Official History of the Falklands Campaign: Vol I The Origins of

the Falklands War

[14] "Bahia Buen Suceso set sail for South Georgia on 11 March carrying Argentine Marines" Rowland White, Vulcan 607, London, Bantam

Press, p30.

[15] BBC On this day, 19 March 1982: Argentine flag hoisted on S Georgia (http://news.bbc. co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/19/

newsid_2543000/2543639. stm); Accessed 2 July 2008

[16] BBC Newsnight (http://news.bbc. co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6730000/newsid_6732100/6732147. stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&news=1&

bbcws=1) ; 25 April 1982

[17] BBC On this day, 25 April 1982: Marines land in South Georgia (http://news.bbc. co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/25/

newsid_2503000/2503977. stm); Accessed 2 July 2008

[18] Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Government overview (http://www.sgisland.gs/index. php/

(g)overview?useskin=gov); Accessed 5 July 2008

[19] Secretara de Relaciones Exteriores - The Malvinas Islands (http://www.cancilleria.gov. ar/portal/seree/malvinas/homeing. html);

Accessed 23 June 2008
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