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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. 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.

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[de] Pitt-Inseln

Die Pitt-Inseln (englisch Pitt Islands, in Argentinien Islas Avellaneda) sind eine Gruppe kleiner Inseln vor der Westküste der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie liegen unmittelbar nördlich der Renaud-Insel am nördlichen Ende der Biscoe-Inseln.

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- [en] Pitt Islands

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[es] Islas Pitt

Las islas Pitt o islas Avellaneda (según Argentina) son un archipiélago conformado por pequeñas islas ubicadas al norte de la isla Renaud, en el extremo norte del archipiélago de las islas Biscoe en la Antártida, en las coordenadas 65°23′S 65°29′O.

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[fr] Îles Pitt

Les îles Pitt sont un archipel de l'Antarctique au nord de l'île Renaud (îles Biscoe).

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