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Sawyer Island

Coordinates: 65°26′S 65°32′W / 65.433°S 65.533°W / -65.433; -65.533
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Location of 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.

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