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    Lambda Island

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    Lambda Island is an island lying immediately north-west of Delta Island in the Melchior Islands, of the Palmer Archipelago in Antarctica.

    Une baleine à bosse passe dans les eaux de l'archipel Melchior, devant le phare de la base argentine.
    Une baleine à bosse passe dans les eaux de l'archipel Melchior, devant le phare de la base argentine.

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    Terrain

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    Overview

    Lambda Island is an island lying immediately north-west of Delta Island in the Melchior Islands, of the Palmer Archipelago in Antarctica. The island, the largest in the north-western part of the island group, was first roughly charted and named "Île Sourrieu" by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05 under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, but that name has not survived in usage. The current name, derived from lambda, the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet, was given by Discovery Investigations personnel who roughly charted the island in 1927. The island was surveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948.

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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

    • 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

    • Kappa Island

      0.23 km²▲ 78 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

    Photographs