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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
| Pitt Islands, British Antarctic Territory |
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Ánimas • Bardell Rock • Dickens Rocks • Fizkin • Jingle • Jinks • Lacuna • Nupkins Island • Pickwick Island • Sawyer Island • Slumkey Island • Smiggers Island • Snodgrass Island • Snubbin Island • Trundle Island • Tupman Island • Weller Island • Winkle |