South of the southern

The southern capital of an independent state considered Wellington New Zealand. But we want to tell you about the settlement, which, though not considered to be capital of the world, but is the administrative center, which could be perceived as the capital.





That is, if we ignore the formalities and conventions, the most southern capital of the world is a small settlement of Grytviken, is the administrative center of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands. This formation is considered a British Overseas Territory. At the same time, they do not report directly to the Queen of the United Kingdom. So that the status of the southern capital is quite relevant. Grytviken is located on the Atlantic coast. Here, at the time, was the first in the Antarctic whaling base. Here was born the first man in the Antarctic.