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Saddle Island

South Orkney Islands
(British Antarctic Territory)

Location
Location: 60°36’58"S, 44°49’59"W
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Saddle Island is an island among the South Orkney Islands, part of the British Antarctic Territory.

The island is nearly two miles long, consisting of twin summits which are almost separated by a narrow channel strewn with boulders. It lies five and a half miles north of the west end of Laurie Island.

Saddle was discovered and charted in 1823 by British sealer James Weddell, and named by him for its distinctive twin-humped shape.

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References

The South Orkney Islands, in the British Antarctic Territory

Ailsa CraigCoronation IslandFredriksen IslandGovernor IslandsInaccessible IslandsLarsen IslandsLaurie IslandLynch IslandMoe IslandOliphant IslandsPowell IslandRobertson IslandsSaddle IslandSigny IslandWeddell Islands