============================== BRITISH SOUTH ATLANTIC ============================== BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY: South of 60 degree's south latitude, comprises mainly the South Shetland Islands, the South Orkneys and Graham's Land. SAINT HELENA: An island 1,200 miles off the west coast of Africa and 1,800 east of South America, has an area of 47 square miles and a population of 5,400. TRISTAN DA CUNHA: A group of volcanic islands, total area 40 square miles, half way between the Cape of Good Hope and South America. They have a population of 262. ASCENSION: A volcanic island, 34 square miles in area, 700 miles north west of Saint Helena. Half its population of 1,500 are foreign workers. SOUTH GEORGIA and SOUTH SANDWICH ISLAND: Lying to the east of the Falkland Islands they ceased to be Falklands dependencies in 1985, though they are still administered via Stanley. They have had no permanent population since the closure of the whaling station at Leith in 1966.