Danco Island

Danco Island or Isla Dedo is an island off Antarctica, 2 kilometres (1 nmi) long lying in the southern part of Errera Channel, off the west coast of Graham Land. It was charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache, 1897–1899. Danco Island was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from Norsel in 1955, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee for Emile Danco (1869–1898), a Belgian geophysicist and member of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, who died on board Belgica in the Antarctic.^[1]

Gentoo penguin colony

Danco Island

Danco Island

Danco Island, February 2009
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Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°44′S 62°37′W
Highest elevation	131 m (430 ft)
Highest point	Danco Hill
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Station O

Station O
Antarctic research station
Coordinates: 64°44′00″S 62°36′00″W[2]
Established	26 February 1956 (1956-02-26)
Demolished	April 2004 (2004-04)
Government
• Type	Administration
• Body	BAS, United Kingdom
Active times	All year-round

Danco Island was the location of the British research Station O. It was active from 26 February, 1956 to 22 February, 1959 with the intention of searching in the survey and geology. The main hut was named Arendal and was demolished and removed by The British Antarctic Survey in April 2004.^[2]

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
• List of Antarctic research stations
• List of Antarctic field camps
• Crime in Antarctica