Nupkins Island
65°26′S 65°40′W
Nupkins Island is an island lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Sawyer Island, Pitt Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957.
65°26′S 65°40′W
Overview
Nupkins Island is an island lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Sawyer Island, Pitt Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after George Nupkins, Esquire, the principal magistrate in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers.
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Chart
Nearest islands
- 4.5 km
- Sawyer Island6.4 km
- Pickwick Island6.5 km
- Tupman Island8.5 km
- Snodgrass Island9.4 km
- Slumkey Island12 km
Also in Pitt Islands
Pickwick Island
20 km²▲ 230 m
Major islands
Snodgrass Island
6.2 km²▲ 151 m
Major islands
Tupman Island
4.2 km²▲ 179 m
Major islands
Sawyer Island
3.2 km²▲ 133 m
Major islands
Slumkey Island
2.4 km²▲ 158 m
Major islands
Unnamed island
2.3 km²▲ 137 m
Major islands
Jingle Island
2.2 km²▲ 117 m
Major islands
Vaugondy Island
1.7 km²▲ 116 m
Major islands
Also in Biscoe Islands
Renaud Island
493 km²▲ 470 m
Major islands
Lavoisier Island
187 km²▲ 405 m
Major islands
Watkins Island
33.4 km²▲ 230 m
Major islands
Krogh Island
31.6 km²▲ 253 m
Major islands
Pickwick Island
20 km²▲ 230 m
Minor islands
Rabot Island
19 km²▲ 205 m
Minor islands
Dodman Island
11.9 km²▲ 239 m
Minor islands
Belding Island
10.6 km²▲ 192 m
Minor islands