I have been trying to work out the distance between Buenos Aires in
Argentina and South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic. I measure on
one map and its 1,600 miles, I measure another map and its over 2,000
miles. I'm sure one of you guys can let me know to the nearest 10
miles or so how far the distance really is?

Hello Giorgio1,


The distance between Buenos Aires and Grytviken which is located on 
South Georgia Island is 1741 miles or 2802 km or 1513 nautical miles.
http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist?place1=34%3A20%3A00S+58%3A30%3A00W&place2=54%3A16S+36%3A30W+


The distance between Buenos Aires and  South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands is 1737 miles or 2796 km or 1510 nautical miles.
http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist?place1=34%3A20%3A00S+58%3A30%3A00W&place2=54%3A30S%2C+37%3A00W++


I used the distance calculator from the Indo.com to obtain the
distance between the two locations by entering the geographic
corrdinates of both locations.
http://www.indo.com/distance/


Geographic Coordinates 
Buenos Aires - 34:20:00S 58:30:00W
http://www.indo.com/distance/


Geographic Coordinates 
Grytviken 54:16S 36:30W 
http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/gs.htm


On the map you may verify that Grytviken is located on South Georgia
Island
http://www.brainyatlas.com/geos/sx.html


Geographic Coordinates
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 54:30 S  37:00 W
http://www.nationmaster.com/country/sx/Geography


Search Criteria:
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I hope this helps you in your research. If anything is unclear or if a
link does not function, please let me know and  I'll be glad to offer
further assistance.


Best regards,
Bobbie7

Hi Bobbie

Great answer. I'll save that indo.com site for future use. Much appreaciated.

Giorgio