Jingle Island
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| Jingle Island | |
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| Location: | 65°25’20"S, 65°18’53"W |
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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.
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
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Jingle Island
