Tanner Island () is the westernmost and largest of the

Pickersgill Islands The Pickersgill Islands are a small archipelago to the west of the main island of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia. They are southeast of Annenkov Island and west-southwest of Leon Head, South Georgia Island, South ...

, rising to 145m off the south coast of

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. Named by

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(UK-APC) for Dr. P. W. G. Tanner, a

British Antarctic Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of list of global issues, global issues, and to provide an active prese ...

(BAS) geologist who worked on the

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during the 1975-76 field season.

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