Sawyer Island

Sawyer Island is an island 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) long lying north of Pickwick Island, Pitt Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 after Robert Sawyer, one of the central characters in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers.

See also

List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Sawyer Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System). (Coordinates: 65°26′S 65°32′W / 65.433°S 65.533°W / -65.433; -65.533)

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