Dannebrog Islands
| Dannebrog Islands | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 3 ′ S , 64 ° 8 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | unknown | |
| Total land area | unknown | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Dannebrog Islands are a group of islands and rocks off the Graham Coast in western Graham Land . They are between the Wauwermans Islands and the Vedel Islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago . The group includes Elizabeth Island and Rollet Island .
The German polar explorer Eduard Dallmann discovered and named the Wilhelm Archipelago in 1874. Another sighting took place by the Belgica expedition (1897-1899) under the direction of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery . He renamed the archipelago in [sic!] Îles Danebrog . With the name after the flag of Denmark ( Danish Dannebrog ) he wanted to remember the support of the Scandinavian country for his expedition. Dallmann's name of the archipelago was retained and de Gerlache's name was transferred to the archipelago described here.
Web links
- Dannebrog Islands in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Dannebrog Islands on geographic.org (English)