Omicron Islands
Omicron Islands is a group of small islands and rocks which lie close southeast of Omega Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The name, derived from the 15th 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.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of 18 metres (59 feet)
- Description: group of islands in Antarctica
Places of Interest
Highlights include Melchior Islands and Bremen Island.
Bremen Island
Islet
Bremen Island, also known as Zeta Island, is a 1 km2… Bremen Island is situated 3½ km northwest of Omicron Islands.
Omicron Islands
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-64.34951° or 64° 20′ 58″ south
Longitude
-62.90682° or 62° 54′ 25″ west
Open location code
377VM32V+57
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Omicron Islands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Omicron Islands”
- Chinese: “奧米克朗群島”
- Dutch: “Omicroneilanden”
- Dutch: “Omikroneilanden”
- French: “îles Omicron”
- French: “Îles Omicron”
- German: “Omikron-Inseln”
- Hebrew: “איי אומיקרון”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Omicron Islands”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Ômicron”
- Spanish: “Ómicron, Islas”
- Swedish: “Omicron Islands”
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Highlights include Leopardo, islote and Nancy, islote.
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