Andrée Island

Location of Danco Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Andrée Island (64°31′S 61°31′W / 64.517°S 61.517°W / -64.517; -61.517Coordinates: 64°31′S 61°31′W / 64.517°S 61.517°W / -64.517; -61.517) is an island lying in Recess Cove, Charlotte Bay, off the north coast of Eurydice Peninsula, Danco Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula.

The island was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Salomon August Andrée (1854–97), a Swedish engineer who attempted to fly over the North Pole by balloon in 1897, perishing in the attempt.

See also

List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Andrée Island" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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