Pi islands
| Pi islands | ||
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| Waters | Dallmann Bay | |
| archipelago | Melchior Islands , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 20 ′ S , 62 ° 53 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 2 | |
The Pi Islands comprise two islands and some rocks in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the group of the Melchior Islands they are 1.5 km east of the northeast end of the Omega Island .
The name of the islands, which is borrowed from the Greek letter Pi , can be found for the first time on maps from 1948, which were created in the course of surveying work by Argentine expeditions in 1942 and 1943. In Argentina they are also known as Islotes Sidders and Islotes Subof. Known to Rubanes . It was named after members of the Argentine Antarctic expeditions from 1947 to 1948 and 1958 to 1959.
Web links
- Pi Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pi Islands on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1213 (English).