# Beta Island

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{{Short description|Island in Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

thumb|Location of Beta Island in the Melchior Islands
'''Beta Island''' ({{Coord|64|19|S|63|0|W|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}) is a small island which lies immediately north of [Kappa Island](/source/Kappa_Island) and close southwest of [Alpha Island](/source/Alpha_Island) in the [Melchior Islands](/source/Melchior_Islands), [Palmer Archipelago](/source/Palmer_Archipelago). The name, derived from the second letter of the [Greek alphabet](/source/Greek_alphabet), was probably given by [Discovery Investigations](/source/Discovery_Investigations) personnel who roughly surveyed the island in 1927. The island was also surveyed by Argentine expeditions in 1942, 1943 and 1948. The Island has no human population, and Averages a very cold temperature of -15°.

== See also ==
* [List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands](/source/List_of_Antarctic_and_sub-Antarctic_islands)

==References==
* {{usgs-gazetteer|id=1329}}

Category:Islands of the Palmer Archipelago

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