Detour Island

Detour Island (65°1′S 63°55′W / 65.017°S 63.917°W / -65.017; -63.917) is an island lying 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) west of False Cape Renard, on the west side of Lemaire Channel in the Wilhelm Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1903-05. So named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 because the island lies near the entrance to the ships' passage west of Booth Island which provides an alternative route to Lemaire Channel when the latter is blocked by ice.

See also

• List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Detour Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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