Trundle Island

Trundle Island (65°23′S 65°18′W / 65.383°S 65.300°W / -65.383; -65.300Coordinates: 65°23′S 65°18′W / 65.383°S 65.300°W / -65.383; -65.300) is an island lying 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) northeast of Jingle Island, Pitt Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 after Mr Trundle, a character in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers.

See also

List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Trundle Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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