Pitt Islands
| Pitt Islands | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| archipelago | Biscoe Islands | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 26 ′ S , 65 ° 30 ′ W | |
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| Main island | Pickwick Island | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Pitt Islands are a group of small islands off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . They are located immediately north of Renaud Island at the northern end of the Biscoe Islands .
The British John Biscoe named an island supposedly 40 km west-northwest of this group of islands as Pitt's Island . The Australian polar explorer John Rymill transferred the name of the non-existent island to the island group described here after mapping the same in the course of the British Graham Land Expedition (1935-1936). It is named after the British politician William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806).
Web links
- Pitt Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pitt Islands on geographic.org (English)