Name details

Zeta Island

Zeta Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Zeta Island  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 138333

Feature type: Island

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Island in the East Melchior Islands chain, part of the Melchior Islands in Dallmann Bay, in the Palmer Archipelago. The island was created by changes in ice cover opening a channel between Omega Island and Zeta Island. Named in continuation of the naming theme of letters of the Greek alphabet established in the Melchior Islands.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
64° 19' 12.0" S
-64.32000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 56' 09.0" W
-62.93583°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

request by Adrian Fox, June 2018

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
14-Apr-2016

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