Pickwick Island

Antarctica / Sector claimed by Argentina/Chile/UK / Academician Vernadskiy - permanent station of the Ukraine /
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The largest of the Pitt Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. Very roughly charted by the BGLE under Rymill, 1934-37. More accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the UK-APC in 1959 after Samuel Pickwick, founder of the Pickwick Club in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers.
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Coordinates:   65°29'14"S   65°37'28"W
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