Derby Island

Derby Island
Derby Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 66°38′S 140°5′E / 66.633°S 140.083°E / -66.633; 140.083Coordinates: 66°38′S 140°5′E / 66.633°S 140.083°E / -66.633; 140.083
Archipelago Dumoulin Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Derby Island is a small rocky island close north of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue, lying 0.9 kilometres (0.5 nmi) southwest of Pasteur Island at the southern end of the Dumoulin Islands. It was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949–51, and so named because French field parties competed against each other for the honor of being first to reach the island area.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Derby Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-12.

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