MRGID |
http://marineregions.org/mrgid/10908 |
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Name source |
English | Danco Island | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
Spanish | Danco, Isla | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
Spanish | Dedo, isla | SCAR Composite Gazetteer |
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Island |
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Latitude |
64° 44' 0" S (-64.7333333°) |
Longitude |
62° 36' 0" W (-62.6°) |
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Source |
SCAR Composite Gazetteer, available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ |
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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 |
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Last edited on 2006-04-06 14:59:04 by Deckers Pieter
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