evidence: British sovereignty of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is disputed by Argentina. The United Kingdom claimed South Georgia in 1775 (at the time it was the Kingdom of Great Britain),[1][2] annexed the islands in 1908, and has exercised de facto control with the exception of a brief period during the Falklands War in 1982, when the islands were partially controlled by Argentina.[3] The dispute started in 1927 when Argentina claimed sovereignty over South Georgia, and subsequently expanded in scope with Argentina claiming the South Sandwich Islands in 1938. The islands have no indigenous population,[3] and currently only have about 30 inhabitants. [...] Current status [edit]The United Kingdom has administered South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands separately from the Falklands since the islands were made a British dependent territory in their own right in 1985.[3] The status of the territory was altered by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002, and the terminology now used is British overseas territory. [...] - The United Kingdom annexed South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in 1908.[3]