Betaine island
| Betaine island | ||
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| Waters | Dallmann Bay | |
| Archipelago | Melchior Islands , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 19 ′ S , 63 ° 0 ′ W | |
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The Betainsel ( English Beta Island ) is a small island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located in the Melchior Islands group immediately north of the Kappa Island and southwest of the Alpha Island .
Participants in the British Discovery Investigations mapped them in 1928 and named them after the Greek letter beta in connection with the naming of the other islands in the group . The betaine island was measured as part of Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948. In Argentina it is known as Isla Rodeada ( German "The island surrounded by other islands" ).
Web links
- Beta Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Beta Island on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 158 (English).