Omega Island, Melchior Islands
| Omega Island | |
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| Location: | 64°19’59"S, 62°55’59"W |
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| Population: | Uninhabited |
Omega Island is an island 2 nautical miles long, which lies immediately south of Eta Island in 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.
This island, the largest feature in the southeast part of the Melchior Islands, is part of what was called Île Melchior by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, 1903–05, but the name Melchior now applies for the whole island group. Omega Island was roughly surveyed by Discovery Investigations personnel in 1927. The name Omega, derived from the last letter of the Greek alphabet, appears to have been first used on a 1946 Argentine government chart following surveys of the Melchior Islands by Argentine expeditions in 1942 and 1943.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Omega Island
| The Melchior Islands, British Antarctic Territory |
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