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'''Jingle Island''' lies in the north-east of the [[Pitt Islands]], a group within the [[Biscoe Islands]] group in the [[British Antarctic Territory]]. It lies one nautical mile north-east of [[Weller Island]]. | '''Jingle Island''' lies in the north-east of the [[Pitt Islands]], a group within the [[Biscoe Islands]] group in the [[British Antarctic Territory]]. It lies one nautical mile north-east of [[Weller Island]]. | ||
| − | The island was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956. | + | The island was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956. In February 2022, a Royal Navy expedition from HMS ''Protector'' commanded by Captain Michael Woods surveyed the island and its neighbours and camped on Jingle Island.<ref>'[https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2022/february/09/20220209-protector-officer-makes-history-by-visiting-his-island-in-antarctica Protector officer makes history by visiting 'his' islands in Antarctica]': Roya Navy News 9 February 2022</ref> |
As with other names amongst the Pitt Islands, this island is named after character in the ''Pickwick Papers''; after Alfred Jingle, a strolling actor and charlatan. | As with other names amongst the Pitt Islands, this island is named after character in the ''Pickwick Papers''; after Alfred Jingle, a strolling actor and charlatan. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 11:43, 10 March 2022
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Jingle Island lies in the north-east of the Pitt Islands, a group within the Biscoe Islands group in the British Antarctic Territory. It lies one nautical mile north-east of Weller Island.
The island was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956. In February 2022, a Royal Navy expedition from HMS Protector commanded by Captain Michael Woods surveyed the island and its neighbours and camped on Jingle Island.[1]
As with other names amongst the Pitt Islands, this island is named after character in the Pickwick Papers; after Alfred Jingle, a strolling actor and charlatan.
References
- ↑ 'Protector officer makes history by visiting 'his' islands in Antarctica': Roya Navy News 9 February 2022
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Jingle Island
