History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the Arctic claiming Jan Mayen and Sverdrup Islands, but also in Antarctica. Norway claimed Bouvet Island and looked further south, formally inquiring with Foreign Office about the international status of the area between 45° and 65° south latitude and 35° and 80° west longitude. Following a second such diplomatic démarche by the Norwegian Government dated 4 March 1907, Britain replied that the areas were British based on discoveries made in the first half of the 19th century, and issued the 1908 Letters Patent incorporating the British Falkland Islands Dependencies with a permanent local administration in Grytviken established in 1909.
Sturge Island Cape Freeman in the north and Cape Smyth in the south. The island's highest point reaches or (the unclimbed Brown Peak). This is the highest point in the Balleny chain. The island forms part of the Ross Dependency, claimed by New Zealand (see claims on Antarctica). Sturge Island Sturge Island () is one of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean. It lies southeast of Buckle Island and northeast of Belousov Point on the Antarctic mainland. The islands were discovered by John Balleny in 1839. The island was named after Thomas Sturge,