64°19′S 63°00′W
West Melchior Islands
West Melchior Islands (64°19′S 63°0′W) is a group of small ice-covered islands and rocks which lie west of The Sound in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The islands east of The Sound are called East Melchior Islands. The name was probably given by DI personnel who roughly surveyed these islands in 1927.
Overview
West Melchior Islands (64°19′S 63°0′W) is a group of small ice-covered islands and rocks which lie west of The Sound in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The islands east of The Sound are called East Melchior Islands. The name was probably given by DI personnel who roughly surveyed these islands in 1927. The islands were surveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948.
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Census, cataloged
Also in the area
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Lambda Island136 m · 1.5 km²
- Gamma Island151 m · 0.73 km²
- Kappa Island78 m · 0.23 km²
- Delta Island72 m · 0.14 km²
- Theta Islands22 m · 0.14 km²
- Epsilon Island33 m · 0.05 km²
- Psi Islands13 m · 0.05 km²
- Alpha Island35 m · 0.04 km²
- Unnamed island24 m · 0.03 km²
- Unnamed island34 m · 0.03 km²
- Unnamed island0.02 km²
- Unnamed island0.02 km²
Figures
Comparative heights
- Gamma: 151 m
- Lambda: 136 m
- Kappa: 78 m
- Delta: 72 m
- Alpha: 35 m
- Epsilon: 33 m
- Theta Islands: 22 m
- Psi Islands: 13 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Lambda Island | 1.5 km² |
| Gamma Island | 0.73 km² |
| Kappa Island | 0.23 km² |
| Delta Island | 0.14 km² |
| Theta Islands | 0.14 km² |
| Epsilon Island | 0.05 km² |
| Psi Islands | 0.05 km² |
| Alpha Island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Beta Island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.6 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.6 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |