Winkle Island
Location of Biscoe Islands in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates65°31′S 65°39′W / 65.517°S 65.650°W / -65.517; -65.650
ArchipelagoBiscoe Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population0

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 / -65.517; -65.650, 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.

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