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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British Overseas Territory, at the bottom of the world. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Mythic, for fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands’s stamp in Globestamp
Mythic · fewer than 50,000 visitors a year
Stamp finish
Mythicplaced by estimate
Area
3,904 km² (1,507 sq mi)
Population
30Natural Earth estimate

Does South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands count as a country?

It depends on the list. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British Overseas Territory, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands”.

ListCounts South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
UN member states (193)No
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands belongs to the United Kingdom, but travelers usually count it on its own, because it has its own entry rules, its own flag or its own place on the map. Other places in the same family: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and Guernsey.

The South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands’s is Mythic: a living finish taken from the place itself, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, so its finish is placed by hand from what is known of its visitors. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.

What counts as a visit to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has no airport with scheduled flights, so most visitors arrive by road, rail or sea. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.

Questions people ask

Is South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands a country?

It depends on the list. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a British Overseas Territory, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands”.

How many tourists visit South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?

UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Mythic: fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.

How rare is a South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Mythic, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands”, one of its 330 destinations.

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