COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

SE of Eta Island, Melchior Islands (q.v.), Dallmann Bay, were charted by AAE, 1942-43, and named Islas Pi after the sixteenth letter in the Greek alphabet, in association with the names of other islands in this group (Argentina. MM chart 101, 1946). Pi Islands (BA chart 3213, 18.vii.1947; APC, 1959a, p.10; BA chart 3566, 16.x.1959). The islands were further charted by AAE, 1947-48. Islotes Sidders, so called by AAE probably after a member of the expedition (Argentina. IGM map, 1948). Pi Islets (BA chart 3213, 6.x.1950; APC, 1955, p.17). Islotes Pi (Chile. DNH chart 510, 1955; IHA, 1974, p.226). Islotes Suboficial Rubianes, so called by AAE probably after a member of the expedition (Argentina. MM chart 101, 1959).

Two islands and several rocks which lie 1 mi E of the NE end of Omega Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The name, derived from the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet, appears to have been first used on a 1946 Argentine government chart following surveys of these islands by Argentine expeditions in 1942 and 1943.

El nombre deriva de la 16ª letra del alfabeto griego. Grupo de islotes y rocas situadas a una milla al E del NE de la isla Omega y a unos 6 cables al SE del extremo SE de isla Eta, en el archipiélago Melchior.