The story
From being an island group named in honour of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. Called "south" to distinguish them from the Sandwich Islands in the northern hemisphere.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
South Sandwich Islands
Today it means: An island chain in the southern Atlantic Ocean, part of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, United Kingdom, a British overseas territory. Full definition →