COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

off W coast of Lambda Island, Melchior Islands (q.v.), Dallmann Bay, were charted by AAE, 1942-43, and named Islotes Psi after the twenty-third letter in the Greek alphabet, in association with the names of other islands in this group (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.232). Psi Islands (BA chart 3213, 18.vii.1947; APC, 1959a, p.10; BA chart 3213, 12.viii.1960). The islands were further charted by AAE, 1947-48. Psi Islets (BA, 1948, p.192; chart 3213, 6.x.1950; APC, 1955, p.17). Islotes Ballesteros, so called by AAE probably after a member of the expedition (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.332). Islotes Lamadrid, so called by AAE probably after a member of the expedition (Argentina. MM chart 101, 1957). The names Islotes El Sur, Islotes El Ilustrado, Islotes La Hora, Islotes El Imparcial, Islotes La Opinión and Islotes Prensa Austral, after Chilean newspapers (whose names were also applied to individual islands in the group) were rejected as names for the group as a whole (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.232).

Group of small islands which lie close to the W side of Lambda Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The name, derived from the 23rd 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 23ª letra del alfabeto griego. Grupo de islotes situado al W y muy cercano a la costa de isla Lambda del archipiélago Melchior.