Jingle Island

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Jingle Island

Pitt Islands
(British Antarctic Territory)

Location

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Location: 65°25’20"S, 65°18’53"W
Data

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

  • Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Jingle Island


Pitt Islands, British Antarctic Territory

ÁnimasBardell RockDickens RocksFizkinJingleJinksLacunaNupkins IslandPickwick IslandSawyer IslandSlumkey IslandSmiggers IslandSnodgrass IslandSnubbin IslandTrundle IslandTupman IslandWeller IslandWinkle