Epsilon Island in the Antarctic is a small island lying between Alpha Island and the southern extremity of Lambda Island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago. The island was roughly surveyed by Discovery Investigations personnel in 1927. The name, derived from epsilon, the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, appears to have been first used on a 1946 Argentine government chart following surveys of the Melchior Islands by Argentine expeditions in 1942 and 1943.
See also List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
Further reading Defense Mapping Agency 1992, Sailing Directions (planning Guide) and (enroute) for Antarctica, P 348 United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center, Sailing Directions for Antarctica: Includes Islands South of Latitude 60', P 155
External links
Epsilon Island on USGS website Epsilon Island on SCAR website Epsilon Island satellite image
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