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Public holidays in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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This is a list of public holidays in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Date	Holiday	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day
January 17	Possession Day	In remembrance of Captain James Cook took possession of the islands for Britain in 1775.
movable holiday	Good Friday
movable holiday	Easter Monday
A Saturday in April	King's Birthday
April 25	Liberation Day	Liberated from Argentina in the Falklands War, 1982.
May 20	Shackleton Day
movable holiday	Midwinter Day
September 4	Toothfish Day
December 25	Christmas Day
December 26	Boxing Day

References

"SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS GAZETTE" (PDF). Gov.gs. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Capital: King Edward Point

General

Settlements / Whaling stations

South Georgia islands

South Sandwich Islands

Candlemas Islands	Candlemas Vindication

Traversay Islands	Leskov Visokoi Zavodovski

Southern Thule	Bellingshausen Cook Thule

Seamounts

Landmarks

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