Pitt Islands
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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Snodgrass Island and Krivus Island.
Snodgrass Island
Island
Snodgrass Island is an island 2.5 nautical miles long…
Krivus Island
Islet
Krivus Island is the mostly ice-covered island on the…
Vaugondy Island
Island
Vaugondy Island is a mostly ice-covered island on the… Vaugondy Island is situated 4 km northeast of Pitt Islands.
Pitt Islands
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of 6 metres (20 feet)
- Categories
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-65.4315° or 65° 25′ 53″ south
Longitude
-65.43287° or 65° 25′ 58″ west
Open location code
376PHH98+CV
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pitt Islands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pitt Islands”
- Chinese: “皮特群岛”
- Chinese: “皮特群島”
- Dutch: “Pitt Islands”
- French: “îles Pitt”
- French: “Îles Pitt”
- German: “Pitt-Inseln”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pitt Islands”
- Spanish: “Avellaneda, islas”
- Spanish: “Islas Avellaneda”
- Spanish: “Islas Pitt”
- Spanish: “Pitt, Islas”
- Swedish: “Pitt Islands”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Johannessen Harbor and Ánimas Island.
Antarctica: Highlights
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