This article incorporates public domain material from "Needle Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 
Needle Island (53°2′S 72°35′E / 53.033°S 72.583°E) is a pinnacle rock lying 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) west of the north end of McDonald Island in the McDonald Islands. Surveyed and given this descriptive name by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1948.