
Delta Island
(Melchior Islands)
British Antarctic Territory
Location: 64° 18' 41" S 62° 58' 33" W
one of the Melchior Islands (q.v.), Dallmann Bay, Palmer Archipelago, was roughly surveyed by Discovery Investigations in 1927 and named after the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet, in association with the names of other islands in this group; resurveyed by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1942 and 1943; further surveyed by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1947-48. The island was photographed from the air by the United States Navy, 1968-69.