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Winkle Island (Antarctica)

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Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
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Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1971.
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The island was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. It was named by the UK-APC in 1959 after
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Location of Biscoe Islands in the Antarctic Peninsula region
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Antarctica
65°31′S 65°39′W / 65.517°S 65.650°W / -65.517; -65.650
Biscoe Islands
Antarctic Treaty System
Tula Point
Pickwick Island
Pitt Islands
Biscoe Islands
Renaud Island
Mraka Sound
Nathaniel Winkle
65°31′S 65°39′W / 65.517°S 65.650°W / -65.517; -65.650
Pickwick Island
Arrowsmith Island
Tula Point
Renaud Island
British Antarctic Territory: Graham Coast.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
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