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{{Short description|Island in Graham Land, Antarctica}}
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{{Infobox islands
| name             = Danco Island
| image_name       = Danco Island, Antarctica.jpg
| image_caption    = Danco Island, February 2009
| map              = Antarctica#Antarctic Peninsula
| map_caption      = Location in Antarctica
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| location         = [[Antarctica]]
| coordinates      = {{Coord|64|44|S|62|37|W|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
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| highest_mount    = Danco Hill
| elevation_m      = 131
| country          = None
| population       = Uninhabited
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| treaty_system    = [[Antarctic Treaty System]]
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'''Danco Island''' or '''Isla Dedo''' is an island off [[Antarctica]], {{convert|1|nmi|km|0|disp=flip}} 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 {{MV|Norsel|1945|2}} in 1955, and named by the [[UK Antarctic Place-names Committee]] for [[Belgian Antarctic Expedition#Danco|Emile Danco]] (1869–1898), a [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[geophysicist]] and member of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, who died on board [[RV Belgica (1884)|''Belgica'']] in the Antarctic.<ref name=gnis/>
[[File:20200102 065653 Danco Island Espen Mills.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Gentoo penguin colony]]
[[File:20200102 073457 Danco Island Espen Mills.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Danco Island]]

==Station O==
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Station O
| settlement_type    = [[Research stations in Antarctica|Antarctic research station]]
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| coordinates        = {{Polecoord|-64.7333|-62.6000|type=station|name=Station O}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="bas" />
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = {{start date|1956|2|26|df=y}}
| extinct_title      = Demolished
| extinct_date       = {{end date|2004|4|df=y}}
| government_type    = Administration
| governing_body     = [[British Antarctic Survey|BAS]], United Kingdom
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| population_blank1_title = Summer
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| population_blank2_title = Winter
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| blank_info_sec1    = All year-round
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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 [[British Antarctic Survey]] in April 2004.<ref name="bas">[https://www.bas.ac.uk/about/about-bas/our-history/british-research-stations-and-refuges/danco-island-o/  Station O] British Antarctic Survey</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands]]
* [[Research stations in Antarctica#List of research stations|List of Antarctic research stations]]
* [[Antarctic field camps|List of Antarctic field camps]]
* [[Crime in Antarctica]]

== References ==
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<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis |type=antarid |id=3494 |name=Danco Island |access-date=22 February 2012}}</ref>
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* {{usgs-gazetteer|id=3494}}
* [https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=-66117 peakbagger]

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[[Category:Islands of Graham Land]]
[[Category:Danco Coast]]


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