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| Lambda Island (GBR) | 64° 18' 00.0" S | 63° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 109707
Place ID: 8042
one of the Melchior Islands (q.v.), Dallmann Bay, was roughly charted by FAE, 1903-05, and called IÎle Sourrieu after Capitaine de Vaisseau Sourrieu, of the French Navy (Charcot, 1906b, p.470); recharted by DI in 1927 and named Lambda Island after the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet, in association with the names of other islands in this group (BA chart 3213, 14.i.1929; APC, 1955, p.13; BA chart 3213, 12.viii.1960); recharted by AAE, 1942-43, from the expedition ship Primero de Mayo (Argentina. MM chart 101, 1946). Isla Lambda (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.175). The island was further charted by AAE, 1947-48, and called Isla 1°. de Mayo (Paso Primero de Mayo, q.v.) after the Argentine ship (Argentina. IGM map, 1948). IÎle Lambda (France. SHM, 1954, p.48). Isla Primero de Mayo (Castellanos, 1951, p.10; Pierrou, 1970, p.602). Isla Primera [sic] de Mayo (Cordini, 1955, lámina 55). Lambda Melchior (Alarcón and others, 1976, p.31). |
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| Lambda Island (USA) | 64° 18' 00.0" S | 63° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 127736
Place ID: 8042
Island 1.5 mi long, which lies immediately NW of Delta Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. This island, the largest feature in the NW part of the island group, was first roughly charted and named "Ile Sourrieu" by the FrAE under Charcot, 1903-05, but that name has not survived in usage. The name Lambda, derived from the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet, was given by DI personnel who roughly charted the island in 1927. The island was surveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948. |
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| Lambda, Isla (CHL) | 64° 18' 00.0" S | 62° 59' 00.0" W | Island |
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Name ID: 105796
Place ID: 8042
Fue cartografiada en forma incompleta y denominada "Isla Sourrien" por la Expedición Antártica Francesa al mando del Dr. Jean B. Charcot, entre los años 1903-1905, pero este nombre Lambda se deriva de la undécima letra del alfabeto griego, y le fue dado probablemente por el personal del Discovery quienes le hicieron un levantamiento incompleto en 1927. La isla fue levantada por expediciones argentinas en los años 1942, 1943 y 1948. Isla de aproximadamente 1,5 milla de largo situada a 1 milla al extremo N de isla Gamma en el archipiélago Melchior del archipiélago de Palmer. Sus costas NE y NW son muy quebradas e irregulares, bordeadas por rocas. |
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| Primero de Mayo, isla (ARG) | 64° 18' 00.0" S | 63° 00' 00.0" W | Island |
| Name ID: 101902 Place ID: 8042 | |||
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