See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

SOUTH See also:

• GEORGIA

GEORGIA  , an uninhabited See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean, about 900 M . S. by E. of the Falklands, in 54 -55° S., 36°–38° W.; See also:

• AREA

area 1600 sq. m . It is mountainous, with snowy peaks 6000 to 8000 ft. high, their slopes furrowed with deep See also:

• GORGES, SIR FERDINANDO (c. 1566-1647)

gorges filled with glaciers . Its See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological constitution—See also:

• GNEISS

gneiss and argillaceous See also:

• SCHISTS (Gr. vxq'ecv, to split)

schists, with no trace of fossils—shows that the island is, like the Falklands, a surviving fragment of some greater See also:

• LAND

land-See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass now vanished, most probably indicating a former See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the Andean See also:

• SYSTEM

system . At Royal See also:

• BAY

Bay, on the south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, was stationed the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German expedition sent out to observe the transit of See also:

• VENUS

Venus in 1882 . The island would be well suited for See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle or See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep farming but for its See also:

• DAMP

damp, foggy See also:

• CLIMATE

climate . The See also:

• FLORA

flora is surprisingly See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich, and the German naturalists were able to collect thirteen flowering See also:

• PLANTS

plants, mostly See also:

• COMMON

common also to the Falklands, but one allied to a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form found in distant New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand . South See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia is politically attached to the Falklands .