Kappa Island
Kappa Island is an island, nearly 0.5 nautical miles long, lying immediately south of Beta Island and close east of the Theta Islands in the Melchior Islands of the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Melchior Islands, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Kappa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Theta Islands and Beta Island.
Theta Islands
Islet
Theta Islands are several small islands and rocks which lie close west of Kappa Island at the west extremity of the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago.
Beta Island
Islet
Beta Island is a small island which lies immediately north of Kappa Island and close southwest of Alpha Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago.
Alpha Island
Islet
Alpha Island, also known as Isla Huidobro, is a small island lying between Epsilon Island and Delta Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago.
Kappa Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-64.32088° or 64° 19′ 15″ southLongitude
-63.00171° or 63° 0′ 6″ westOpen location code
377RMXHX+J8OpenStreetMap ID
way 224779426OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kappa Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kappa”
- Chinese: “卡帕島”
- Dutch: “Kappa Island”
- Dutch: “Kappa”
- French: “île Kappa”
- French: “Île Kappa”
- German: “Kappainsel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kappa Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Primer Teniente López”
- Spanish: “Kappa, Isla”
- Swedish: “Kappa Island”
- Swedish: “Kappa”
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