Tanner Island

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Tanner Island (54°38′S, 36°46′W) is the westernmost and largest of the Pickersgill Islands, rising to 145 m off the south coast of South Georgia. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for William G. Tanner, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist, who worked on the island during the 1975-76 field season.

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