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    Omega Island

    64°20′S 62°56′W

    7 kilometres (2 nmi) long, which lies immediately south of Eta Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago.

    64°20′S 62°56′W

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    Omega Island is an island 3.7 kilometres (2 nmi) long, which lies immediately south of Eta Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. 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 DI 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.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Melchior Islands

    • Eta Island

      3.5 km²▲ 171 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

    • 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 East Melchior Islands

    • Eta Island

      3.5 km²▲ 171 m

      Minor islands

    • Bremen Island

      0.49 km²▲ 122 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.43 km²▲ 102 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.16 km²▲ 60 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.13 km²▲ 73 m

      Minor islands

    • Unnamed island

      0.1 km²▲ 39 m

      Minor islands

    Sources

    Facts

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