Danco Island

Danco Island

Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°44′S 62°37′W / 64.733°S 62.617°W / -64.733; -62.617
Length	1.0 mi (1.6 km)
Country
Antarctica
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

Danco Island or Isla Dedo is an island off Antarctica, 1 mile (1.6 km) long lying in the southern part of Errera Channel, off the west coast of Graham Land. Danco Island is located at 64°44′S 62°37′W / 64.733°S 62.617°W / -64.733; -62.617. Danco Island was charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache, 1897-1899. Danco Island was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from the Norsel in 1955, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for Emile Danco (1869-1898), Belgian geophysicist and member of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, who died on board the Belgica in the Antarctic.

See also

• Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
• SCAR
• Territorial claims in Antarctica

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