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    Snubbin Island

    65°29′S 65°49′W

    7 km) west of Pickwick Island at the western end of the 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) in 1959 after Mr. Serjeant Snubbin, a barrister in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers.

    65°29′S 65°49′W

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    Snubbin Island is an island lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Pickwick Island at the western end of the 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) in 1959 after Mr. Serjeant Snubbin, a barrister in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Pitt Islands

    Also in Biscoe Islands

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia