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

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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:

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1 Citation and commencement

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.

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2 Amendment of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 1989

(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.

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

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

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