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in 1927. The name Omega, derived from the last 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.
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3.7 kilometres (2 nmi) long, which lies immediately south of
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Omega Island is located in Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica
64°20′S 62°56′W / 64.333°S 62.933°W / -64.333; -62.933
Melchior Islands
Palmer Archipelago
Antarctic Treaty System
island
Eta Island
Melchior Islands
Palmer Archipelago
Île Melchior
French Antarctic Expedition
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
DI personnel
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
SCAR
Territorial claims in Antarctica
Omega Island: Antarctica
public domain material
"Omega Island"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
Stub icon
Palmer Archipelago
stub
expanding it
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