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.Places of Interest
Highlights: Theta Islands and Beta Island.
Kappa Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Melchior Islands, Antarctica
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-64.32088° or 64° 19′ 15″ south
Longitude
-63.00171° or 63° 0′ 6″ west
Open location code
377RMXHX+J8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap 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”
- 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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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Station O.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Epsilon Island and Gamma Island.
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