Argentina claimed South Georgia in 1927 and claimed the South Sandwich Islands in 1938.

Sandwich is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.

Geography South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are a collection of islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Argentina claimed the South Sandwich Islands in 1938, and challenged British sovereignty in the Islands on several occasions.

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

The territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was formed in 1985 previously it had been governed as part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies.

The Letters Patent covered South Georgia, the South Orkneys, the South Shetlands, the South Sandwich Islands, and Graham Land.

Prior to 1962, British Antarctic Territory was a dependency of the Falkland Islands and also included South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

It should not be confused with Bellingshausen Island, part of the South Sandwich Islands, in the southwest Atlantic.

The United Kingdom has no doubts about its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas.

Postage stamps A large source of income from abroad also comes from the issue of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands postage stamps which are produced in the UK.

South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands and Bouvet Island are protected as nature reserves, with Bird Island, South Georgia being a site of special scientific interest.

The people and Government of Argentina attach great importance and high priority to the recovery of the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas.

Another version of the creation of the hamburger is that of German cook Otto Kuasw, who created a very popular sailors' sandwich made of a fillet of beef patty fried in butter, served with a fried egg, between two toasted buns in 1891, at a post in Hamburg, Germany.

In this connection the national Constitution states that the Argentine nation confirms its legitimate and imprescriptible sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the corresponding maritime and island areas as being an integral part of the national territory.

He reiterated his Government's support for the legitimate rights of Argentina in the sovereignty dispute involving the Malvinas Islands, and strongly rejected the inclusion of the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands in the Constitutional Treaty of the European Union signed on 29 December 2004.

Among these, the Argentine Republic attaches particular significance to the sovereignty dispute between it and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland over the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas.