Delaite Island
| Delaite Island | ||
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| Waters | Wilhelmina Bay | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 33 ′ 51 ″ S , 62 ° 11 ′ 17 ″ W | |
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| length | 1.5 km | |
| width | 900 m | |
The Delaite Island ( French Ile Delaite ) is a 1.5 km long and 900 m wide island before the Danco Coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the north-central part of Wilhelmina Bay , it is 5 km northeast of Emma Island .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery discovered the island. He named it after Julien Delaite (1868–1922), a political activist from Wallonia and sponsor of the research trip .
Web links
- Delaite Iceland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Delaite Island on geographic.org (English)