Dannebrog Islands
This article is about the island group in Antarctica. For the island in Greenland, see Dannebrog Island.
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| Location | Antarctic Peninsula |
| Coordinates | 65°3′S 64°8′W / 65.050°S 64.133°WCoordinates: 65°3′S 64°8′W / 65.050°S 64.133°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
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| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
The Dannebrog Islands are a group of islands and rocks lying between the Wauwermans Islands and the Vedel Islands in the Wilhelm Archipelago.
The Wilhelm Archipelago was first sighted and named by a German expedition under Eduard Dallmann, 1873–74, and was resighted and the whole archipelago named the Dannebrog Islands by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache, in appreciation of support given to Gerlache by Denmark. Dallmann's original naming has been retained for the archipelago, and the name Dannebrog restricted to the smaller group here described.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Dannebrog Islands" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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