Talk:Shag Rocks, South Georgia
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administrators! please note that this text has likely been modified with a false statement, as far as I can see (the edit by 200.127.139.169 in october). The statement about the territory being british has been removed and now it seems like the islands are part of argentina. I unfortunately don't have source around to verify this, so I won't edit it at this stage. --Fraxen 15:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Argentina vs. UK
Argentina lays claim to many islands in the area, and the Falklands War of 1982 was fought by Britain and Argentina not only over the territories of the Falkland Islands, but also over South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Shag Rocks is on the route from the Falklands to South Georgia, on the same sea mount, the Scotia Ridge, and is considered part of the territory by Britain, which won the war. Argentina also lays claim to territories in the Antarctic Treaty zone.
Britain won the 1982 war, and in 1985 formed its overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which includes Shag Rocks. It now assumes responsibility for preservation and defense of the area. Argentina, which claims the islands in its constitution and briefly occupied the islands by force in 1982, agreed in 1995 to no longer seek settlement by force. --Jack-z 01:18, 11 July 2006 (UTC)Jack-z
[edit] DI personnel
What are "DI personnel"??? De-Ionized Water? Defense Intelligence? Democracy International? -QuicksilverT @ 23:39, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
