Nupkins Island
| Nupkins Island | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Archipelago | Pitt Islands ( Biscoe Islands ) | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 27 ′ S , 65 ° 41 ′ W | |
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Nupkins Island is an island off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the group of Pitt Islands , it is 5 km west of Sawyer Island .
The island is first recorded on an Argentine map from 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after George Nupkins, a character from the serial novel The Pickwickier (1836-1837) by the British writer Charles Dickens .
Web links
- Nupkins Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nupkins Island on geographic.org (English)