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Feature Name (see definition): Nupkins Island Feature Class (see definition): Island Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 10929 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 65° 26' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 41' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.4333333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.6833333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965 Description (see definition): Island lying 3 mi W of Sawyer Island, Pitt Islands, in the Biscoe Islands. Shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after George Nupkins, Esquire, the principal magistrate in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Nupkins Island in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Nupkins Island information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nupkins Island should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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