Sawyer Island

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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


Stub icon

This Biscoe Islands location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""