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# The South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Territorial Sea) (Amendment) Order 2024

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2024 No. 994
SOUTH ATLANTIC TERRITORIES
The South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Territorial Sea) (Amendment) Order 2024
Made
2nd October 2024
Coming into force
3rd October 2024
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 2nd day of October 2024
Present,
The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
His Majesty, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon Him by the Colonial Boundaries Act 1895 and all other powers enabling Him on that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

## 1 Citation and commencement {#article-1}

This Order may be cited as the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Territorial Sea) (Amendment) Order 2024 and comes into force on 3rd October 2024.

## 2 Amendment of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 1989 {#article-2}

(1) The South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 1989 is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 3, paragraph 3—
(a) for “in the first column” each time it occurs, substitute “in the second and third columns”;
(b) for “in the second column”, substitute “in the fourth column”;
(c) for “points 19 and 20”, substitute “points 20 and 21”.
(3) For the Schedule, substitute the Schedule to this Order.

## Schedule POINTS ON OR IN THE VICINITY OF THE ISLAND OF SOUTH GEORGIA JOINED TO FORM BASELINES, EXCEPT BETWEEN POINTS 20 AND 21 {#schedule}

Co-ordinates of Latitude South | Co-ordinates of Longitude West | Name of Feature
1. | 53° 59’ 27”S | 38° 17’ 52”W | Ramp Rock - N
2. | 53° 59’ 40”S | 38° 10’ 31”W | Trinity Island
3. | 53° 59’ 49”S | 38° 01’ 22”W | Bird Island
4. | 53° 59’ 24”S | 37° 55’ 08”W | Sørn
5. | 53° 58’ 31”S | 37° 44’ 31”W | Cape North
6. | 53° 57’ 48”S | 37° 29’ 21”W | Rock north of Welcome Island
7. | 54° 03’ 23”S | 36° 59’ 17”W | Cape Constance
8. | 54° 03’ 44”S | 36° 57’ 35”W | Contrast Rocks
9. | 54° 04’ 47”S | 36° 51’ 13”W | The Guides
10. | 54° 06’ 48”S | 36° 40’ 09”W | Hercules Point
11. | 54° 07’ 06”S | 36° 38’ 38”W | Turpie Rock
12. | 54° 07’ 30”S | 36° 37’ 34”W | Humpback Rocks
13. | 54° 10’ 58”S | 36° 29’ 25”W | Jason Island
14. | 54° 15’ 33”S | 36° 18’ 01”W | East Skerry
15. | 54° 17’ 20”S | 36° 14’ 44”W | Cape George
16. | 54° 22’ 33”S | 36° 09’ 21”W | Cape Vakop
17. | 54° 32’ 37”S | 35° 53’ 27”W | Rock off Cape Charlotte
18. | 54° 41’ 57”S | 35° 43’ 37”W | Filchner Rocks
19. | 54° 48’ 14”S | 35° 46’ 02”W | Cooper Island - NE
20. | 54° 49’ 16”S | 35° 46’ 32”W | Cooper Island - SE
21. | 54° 49’ 31”S | 35° 48’ 13”W | Cooper Island - SW
22. | 54° 55’ 26”S | 36° 06’ 47”W | First Rock
23. | 54° 45’ 54”S | 36° 19’ 53”W | Kupriyanov Islands
24. | 54° 38’ 19”S | 36° 45’ 44”W | Tanner Island, Pickersgill Islands
25. | 54° 30’ 46”S | 37° 06’ 02”W | South West Point
26. | 54° 29’ 48”S | 37° 08’ 24”W | Mislaid Rock
27. | 54° 08’ 27”S | 37° 45’ 54”W | Saddle Island
28. | 54° 04’ 39”S | 38° 00’ 40”W | Olsen Rock
29. | 54° 04’ 33”S | 38° 01’ 33”W | Waring Rocks
30. | 54° 01’ 21”S | 38° 15’ 35”W | Bryde Rocks - S
31. | 54° 01’ 07”S | 38° 16’ 02”W | Bryde Rocks - N
32. | 53° 59’ 29”S | 38° 18’ 00”W | Ramp Rock - W
1. | 53° 59’ 27”S | 38° 17’ 52”W | Ramp Rock - N