D'Hainaut Island

D'Hainaut Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Mikkelsen Harbor, Antarctica
Coordinates 63°54′S 60°47′W / 63.900°S 60.783°W / -63.900; -60.783Coordinates: 63°54′S 60°47′W / 63.900°S 60.783°W / -63.900; -60.783
Archipelago Palmer Archipelago
Country
None
Demographics
Population Uninhabited
Additional information
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System

D'Hainaut Island is a small island lying in Mikkelsen Harbor, Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by the sixth Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1952) for Lieutenant Ladislao D'Hainaut.

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