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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Melchior Islands and Bremen Island.
Melchior Islands
Island
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
The Melchior Islands are a group of many low, ice-covered islands lying near the center of Dallmann Bay between Brabant Island and Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
Bremen Island
Islet
Bremen Island, also known as Zeta Island, is a 1 km2 or 100 ha uninhabited island, part of the Melchior Islands in the Southern Ocean along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Bremen Island is situated 3½ km northwest of Omicron Islands.
Omicron Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: group of islands in Antarctica
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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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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