Derby Island

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]

Derby Island
Derby Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates66°38′S 140°5′E
ArchipelagoDumoulin Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

See also
  • List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

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

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