Sandwich Islands
Britishplural noun
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His team was studying seismic data from 121 repeating earthquakes at 42 locations near Antarctica’s South Sandwich Islands that occurred between 1991 and 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
His postdoc, Yi Yang, compiled the world’s most extensive database of repeating earthquakes, with sources not just in the South Sandwich Islands, but also in places like Chile and Kazakhstan.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 30, 2022
"In a normal year, tourism accounts for around 20% of our income," says Ross James, visitor management & bio-security officer for the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2021
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
Kelley, upon his return to New England by way of the Sandwich Islands, disseminated much useful information about Oregon.
From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by William Denison Lyman
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