18-770: The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement from 1843 until 1985 for administering the various British territories in Sub-Antarctica and Antarctica which were governed from the Falkland Islands and its capital Stanley . The following are the British territories that made up the Falkland Island Dependencies in the period between 1917 and 1962. In 1962 the British Antarctic Territory
36-593: A given group may be found on their respective pages, when applicable. Area data are from the USGS unless otherwise specified. This list does not include ice rises such as Berkner Island and Roosevelt Island . All these islands fall under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty . The list is not complete. Download coordinates as: Shag Rocks, South Georgia The Shag Rocks ( Spanish : Islas Aurora ) are six small islets , as opposed to islands, in
54-510: A total area of less than 20 hectares (49 acres). Situated on the South Georgia Ridge , they have a peak elevation above sea level of 75 metres (246 ft), and stand in water approximately 319 metres (1,047 ft) deep. Temperatures average −1.2 °C (29.8 °F), rarely climbing above 15 °C (59 °F). There is no significant vegetation, but the rocks are covered by the guano of seabirds. The main wildlife found on
72-785: The William Scoresby in 1927. The first known landing was made in 1956 when Argentine geologist Mario Giovinetto was lowered from a helicopter to collect rock samples. The Shag Rocks form part of the British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands . Before 1985 they came within the Falkland Islands Dependencies . Argentina lays claim to the Shag Rocks and Black Rock . Black Rock and Shag Rocks are on
90-880: The 58th parallel of south latitude", thus reaching the South Pole . With the accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities in 1973, the Falkland Islands Dependencies became one of the EU Overseas Countries and Territories under the Treaty of Rome , a status upheld by all subsequent EU treaties. That status of association was later enjoyed by the Dependencies' successors: South Georgia and
108-464: The Arctic ; the new scope of the Dependencies was extended to comprise "all islands and territories whatsoever between the 20th degree of west longitude and the 50th degree of west longitude which are situated south of the 50th parallel of south latitude; and all islands and territories whatsoever between the 50th degree of west longitude and the 80th degree of west longitude which are situated south of
126-465: The British Antarctic Territory , Falkland Islands , and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands . 51°42′S 57°51′W / 51.700°S 57.850°W / -51.700; -57.850 List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands This is a list of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands . The following list of island groups contains the largest or most notable islands in their respective group. A more detailed list of islands in
144-596: The Falkland Islands Government . However, they constituted a distinct entity that was not part of the Falkland Islands in political or financial respects. The territorial extent of the Dependencies varied as particular territories were claimed, annexed, and commercially exploited over an extensive period of time starting with South Georgia in 1775. Responding to repeated inquiries by the Government of Norway in 1905–1907, Britain confirmed that
162-774: The British task force arrived in Falklands waters and three days later British troops recaptured South Georgia. On 14 June, Argentine forces surrendered in the Falkland Islands ; on 20 June, British forces retook the South Sandwich Islands (which involved accepting the surrender of the Southern Thule Garrison at the Corbeta Uruguay base). In 1985 the Dependencies became the distinct British Overseas Territory of
180-441: The Dependencies only the island groups of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, including Shag Rocks and Clerke Rocks . In November 1976, Argentine armed forces landed and occupied the uninhabited islands of Southern Thule , a collection of the three southernmost islands in the South Sandwich Islands. On 19 March 1982 a group of civilian scrap metal workers from Argentina arrived at Leith Harbour , South Georgia, on board
198-754: The Letters Patent as "the groups of islands known as South Georgia, the South Orkneys, the South Shetlands, and the Sandwich Islands, and the territory known as Graham's Land, situated in the South Atlantic Ocean to the south of the 50th parallel of south latitude, and lying between the 20th and the 80th degrees of west longitude". In 1917, the Letters Patent were modified, applying the " sector principle " used in
SECTION 10
#1732783611627216-567: The South Sandwich Islands and the British Antarctic Territory . The new international legal regime introduced in the Antarctic territory south of 60° south latitude by the 1961 Antarctic Treaty prompted Britain to separate the part of the Dependencies that became subject to the Treaty. That was done by a 1962 Order in Council that established the British Antarctic Territory , leaving in
234-526: The Spanish corvette Atrevida . However, the Aurora Islands are considered by many to have been a mistaken sighting that was coincidentally near the Shag Rocks, which were known to sealers prior to 1823. They were later rediscovered by James P. Sheffield and given their current name, probably because shags and other seabirds frequent them. They were charted by Discovery Investigations personnel on
252-490: The areas in question (between 35° and 80° west longitude) were British based on discoveries and issued the 1908 Letters Patent extending the Dependencies to incorporate the South Sandwich Islands and Antarctic mainland territory ( Graham Land ), with a permanent local administration in Grytviken , South Georgia, established in 1909. The territories constituting the Falkland Islands Dependencies in 1908 were listed by
270-762: The rocks are the South Georgia shags , prions and wandering albatrosses . The Shag Rocks were discovered by Jose de la Llana in 1762 with the Spanish ship Aurora , and originally named the Aurora Islands , after his ship. They were visited by the Spanish ship San Miguel in 1769, again by the Aurora in 1774, and in 1779 by the Princesa and the Dolores . In 1794 the Auroras were finally mapped by
288-620: The transport ship ARA Bahía Buen Suceso and raised the Argentine flag. The scrap workers had been infiltrated by Argentine marines posing as civilian scientists. Following the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands , starting the Falklands War , Argentine naval forces seized control of the east coast of South Georgia after overpowering a small group of Royal Marines at Grytviken on 3 April 1982. On 22 April 1982,
306-566: The westernmost extreme of South Georgia , 240 km (150 mi) west of the main island of South Georgia and 1,000 km (620 mi) off the Falkland Islands . The Shag Rocks are located at 53°32′51″S 42°01′12″W / 53.54750°S 42.02000°W / -53.54750; -42.02000 . 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) further southeast is Black Rock , which is located at 53°38′06″S 41°46′30″W / 53.63500°S 41.77500°W / -53.63500; -41.77500 ( Black Rock ) . The Shag Rocks cover
324-510: Was formed following the Antarctic Treaty System affecting claims south of 60°S latitude , and left only South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands as Falkland Islands Dependencies between 1962 and 1985. The arrangements were first enacted by the British letters patent of 1843, and subsequently revised in 1876, 1892, 1908, 1917 and 1962. For reasons of practical convenience the Dependencies were governed by Britain through
#626373