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Sandwich Islands was the name given to the Hawaiian Islands by James Cook in 1778.
Sandwich Islands or Sandwich Island may also refer to:
- South Sandwich Islands, an archipelago, named by James Cook, which is part of the British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in the south Atlantic Ocean
- Sandwich Island, a former name by James Cook of the uninhabited atoll Manuae in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean
- Sandwich Island, a former name by James Cook of the island Efate in the Republic of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean
- Sandwich Island Sleeper or Eleotris sandwicensis, a species of fish endemic to the Hawaiian Islands
See also
- Sandwich Islets, south of Bahía Cook, Chile
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