Danco Island

Island in Graham Land, Antarctica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Danco Island or Isla Dedo is an island off Antarctica, 2 kilometres (1 nmi) long lying in the southern part of Errera Channel, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache, 1897–1899. Danco Island was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Norsel in 1955, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee for Emile Danco (1869–1898), a Belgian geophysicist and member of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, who died on board Belgica in the Antarctic.[1]

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Gentoo penguin colony
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Danco Island

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Danco Island
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Danco Island, February 2009
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Danco Island
Danco Island
Location in Antarctica
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Danco Island
Danco Island
Danco Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°44′S 62°37′W
Highest elevation131 m (430 ft)
Highest pointDanco Hill
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited
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Station O

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Station O
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Coordinates: 64°44′00″S 62°36′00″W[2]
Established26 February 1956 (1956-02-26)
DemolishedApril 2004 (2004-04)
Government
  TypeAdministration
  BodyBAS, United Kingdom
Active timesAll year-round
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Danco Island was the location of the British research Station O. It was active from 26 February, 1956 to 22 February, 1959 with the intention of searching in the survey and geology. The main hut was named Arendal and was demolished and removed by British Antarctic Survey in April 2004.[2]

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