Saddle Island () is an island nearly long, consisting of twin summits barely separated by a narrow channel strewn with boulders, lying north of the west end of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands near Antarctica. Ocean Wide Expeditions website, South Orkney Islands It was discovered and charted in 1823 by British sealer James Weddell, who named it for its peculiar shape. Australian Antarctic Data Centre website, Saddle Island
See also Composite Antarctic Gazetteer List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S SCAR Territorial claims in Antarctica
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