DeLaca Island

DeLaca Island

Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°47′S 64°07′W / 64.783°S 64.117°W / -64.783; -64.117
Country
Antarctica
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

DeLaca Island is a small U-shaped island 0.8 miles (1.3 km) west of Bonaparte Point, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island. DeLaca Island is located at 64°47′S 64°07′W / 64.783°S 64.117°W / -64.783; -64.117. DeLaca Island is one of two main investigation areas in a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) study of terrestrial arthropods. DeLaca Island was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ted E. DeLaca, a member of the University of California, Davis, California, biological team working this area, 1971-1974.

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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This Palmer Archipelago location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Islands of the Palmer Archipelago Palmer Archipelago geography stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую François de Chevert Republican Movement (Ireland) Look at other dictionaries: Isla DeLaca — La isla DeLaca es una pequeña isla de la Antártida en forma de U, ubicada a 64°47′S 64°07′O /  64.783, 64.117, a 0,8 millas al oeste del punto de Bonaparte, en la costa …   Wikipedia Español List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands — This is a List of Antarctic and sub Antarctic islands. Sub Antarctic islands are islands in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica north of the Antarctic Circle (66° 33 38 ). Antarctic islands are the islands in the Southern Ocean or in the seas… …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”