词条 | Slumkey Island |
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Slumkey Island ({{coord|65|30|S|65|28|W|display=inline,title}}) is the largest island of the group lying east of Tupman Island, Pitt Islands, in the Biscoe Islands, Antarctica. It is separated from neighbouring Kereka Island to the east-northeast by an 80 m wide passage. The island was first accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 after the Honorable Samuel Slumkey, a character in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers. See also
1 : Islands of the Biscoe Islands |
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