COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

group of three islands with offlying rocks, N of Eta Island, Melchior Islands (q.v.), Dallmann Bay, Palmer Archipelago, were charted by AAE, 1942-43, and named Islotes Tau after the nineteenth letter in the Greek alphabet, in association with the names of other islands in the main group (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.273). Tau Islands (BA chart 3213, 18.vii.1947; APC, 1959a, p.11; BA chart 3213, 12.viii.1960). Tau Islets (BA, 1948, p.191; chart 3213, 6.x.1950; APC, 1955, p.20). Islotes Trío [=three islets] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.276; Pierrou, 1970, p.697). Trío (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.276). The islands were photographed from the air by USN, 1968-69. Tau Island [sic], shown as a single island (BAS 250 sheet SQ 19-20/4, 1-DOS 1974).

Small group of islands and rocks which lie immediately off the NE extremity of Eta Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The name, derived from the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet, appears to have been first used on a 1946 Argentine government chart following surveys of the islands by Argentine expeditions in 1942 and 1943.

Su nombre deriva de 19ª letra del alfabeto griego. Grupo de pequeños islotes y rocas, situados frente a la extremidad NE de la isla Eta, en el archipiélago Melchior.