Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Theta Islands

(Kappa Island)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 64° 19' 11" S 63° 0' 36" W
W of Kappa Island, West Melchior Islands, Dallmann Bay, Palmer Archipelago, were roughly charted by Discovery Investigations in 1927 and called The Southern Maids; recharted by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition in 1942 and 1943, and named Islotes Theta after the eighth letter in the Greek alphabet, in association with the names of other islands in this group. The islands were further charted by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition, 1947-48. The islands were photographed from the air by the United States Navy, 1968-69.