Winkle Island (Antarctica)

Winkle Island

Location of Biscoe Islands in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°31′S 65°39′W / 65.517°S 65.650°WCoordinates: 65°31′S 65°39′W / 65.517°S 65.650°W
Archipelago	Biscoe Islands
Administration
None
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Winkle Island is the island lying between Tula Point and Pickwick Island, Pitt Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. It is separated from Renaud Island to the southwest by Mraka Sound.

The island was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. It was named by the UK-APC in 1959 after Nathaniel Winkle, a member of the Pickwick Club in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers.

Location

Winkle Island is located at 65°31′S 65°39′W / 65.517°S 65.650°W, 600 m southeast of Pickwick Island, 2.2 km west-southwest of Arrowsmith Island, and 500 m north of the small peninsula ending in Tula Point, Renaud Island. British mapping in 1971.

Maps

• British Antarctic Territory: Graham Coast. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1971.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

• Winkle Island. SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.