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    Kappa Island

    64°19′S 63°00′W

    9 km) long, lying immediately south of Beta Island and close east of the Theta Islands in the Melchior Islands of the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The name, derived from kappa, the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, probably was given by Discovery Investigations personnel who roughly surveyed the island in 1927.

    64°19′S 63°00′W

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    Kappa Island (64°19′S 63°0′W) is an island, nearly 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long, lying immediately south of Beta Island and close east of the Theta Islands in the Melchior Islands of the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. The name, derived from kappa, the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, probably was given by Discovery Investigations personnel who roughly surveyed the island in 1927. The island was resurveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948. The island's name in Spanish is Isla Primer Teniente López.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Melchior Islands

    • Eta Island

      3.5 km²▲ 171 m

      Major islands

    • Omega Island

      3.3 km²▲ 195 m

      Major islands

    • Lambda Island

      1.5 km²▲ 136 m

      Minor islands

    • Gamma Island

      0.73 km²▲ 151 m

      Minor islands

    • Bremen Island

      0.49 km²▲ 122 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.43 km²▲ 102 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.17 km²

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.16 km²▲ 60 m

      Minor islands

    Also in Palmer Archipelago

    Also in Psi Islands

    Also in Theta Islands

    Also in West Melchior Islands

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia