Pi Islands

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The Pi Islands are two islands and several rocks which lie one nautical mile east of the north-east end of Omega Island among the Melchior Islands, the latter a cluster of islands between Anvers Island and Brabant Island amongst the larger Palmer Archipelago west of Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory.

The name, derived from the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet, appears to have been first used on a 1946 Argentine government chart following surveys of these islands by Argentine expeditions in 1942 and 1943.

Location

References

  • Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Pi Islands
The Melchior Islands, British Antarctic Territory

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