Sandwich Islands
Britishplural noun
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It was recorded March 9 near the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean at a depth of nearly 2,000 feet, according to a news release from the nonprofit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
Scientists with the British Antarctic Survey noticed dead brown skuas on Bird Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands starting on 7 October.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 1, 2023
There was official business, too: Shortly after this visit, a trade treaty was signed, and then English speakers began calling the Sandwich Islands by their proper name of Hawaii.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2011
He said the measure also applied to vessels going to the other nearby UK-controlled islands in the South Atlantic - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2010
Koa, kō′a, n. a forest-tree of the Sandwich Islands.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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