Location of Biscoe Islands in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

The Pitt Islands are a group of small islands lying immediately off the north extremity of Renaud Island, at the north end of the Biscoe Islands. The name "Pitt's Island," after William Pitt the Younger, the British prime minister, was applied by John Biscoe in 1832 to an island which he erroneously charted as lying about 25 miles West North West of these islands.[1][2] The present application of Pitt Islands is based on the interpretation of the British Graham Land expedition led by the Australian explorer John Rymill, who charted the island group in 1935–36.

References

  1. ↑ "Antarctic History". antarcticaonline.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2006.
  2. ↑ "Dudley naval officer Dave Pitt visits namesake Antarctic islands". BBC. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

65°23′S 65°29′W / 65.383°S 65.483°W / -65.383; -65.483


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.