Marine Gazetteer Placedetails

MRGID http://marineregions.org/mrgid/10908
Status Proposed standard Proposed standard
Names
Language Name Name source
EnglishDanco IslandSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishDanco, IslaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
SpanishDedo, islaSCAR Composite Gazetteer   
PlaceType Island 
Latitude 64° 44' 0" S (-64.7333333°)  
Longitude 62° 36' 0" W (-62.6°)  
Source SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/
Notes Belgica information (en): Island 1 mi long lying in the S part of Errera Channel, off the W coast of Graham Land. Charted by the BelgAE under Gerlache, 1897-99. Surveyed by the FIDS from the Norsel in 1955, and named by the UK-APC for Emile Danco (1869-98), Belgian geophysicist and member of the BelgAE, who died on board the Belgica in the Antarctic. http://geonames.usgs.gov    
Relation 
Part of  Southern Ocean (IHO Sea Area)  [view hierarchy]   
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Edit history Last edited on 2006-04-06 14:59:04 by Deckers Pieter
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