Danco Coast

The Danco Coast is the portion of the west coast of the between Cape Sterneck and Cape Renard. This coast was explored in January and February 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache, who named it for Lieutenant Emile Danco who died on the expedition.
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  • Type: Shore
  • Description: coast in the Antarctic Peninsula
  • Also known as: Danco, Terre de

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jeffries Peak.

Peak
is a peak standing southward of , between Leonardo Glacier and Blanchard Glacier on the west coast of , Antarctica. is situated 2½ km south of Danco Coast.

Danco Coast

Latitude
-64.7° or 64° 42′ south
Longitude
-62° or 62° west
Elevation
437 metres (1,434 feet)
Open location code
377W72X2+X2
Geo­Names ID
6631806
Wiki­data ID
Q3010676
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Satellite Map

Discover Danco Coast from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Danco Coast” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: Бряг Данко
  • Cebuano: Danco Coast
  • Chinese: 丹科海岸
  • Dutch: Dancokust
  • French: côte de Danco
  • French: Côte de Danco
  • German: Danco-Küste
  • Hebrew: חוף דאנקו
  • Hebrew: חוף דנקו
  • Italian: costa di Danco
  • Italian: Costa di Danco
  • Latvian: Costa Danco
  • Latvian: Côte de Danco
  • Latvian: Danco Coast
  • Latvian: Danko krasts
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Danco Coast
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Danco Coast
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Dancokysten
  • Norwegian: Danco Coast
  • Polish: Wybrzeże Danco
  • Portuguese: Costa de Danco
  • Russian: Берег Данко
  • Spanish: Costa Danco
  • Spanish: Danco, Costa de
  • Spanish: Danco, costa
  • Swedish: Danco Coast
  • Swedish: Danco-kusten
  • Ukrainian: Узбережжя Данко

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Prieto, Caleta and Sadler Point.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Danco Coast”. Photo: Eugene Regis, CC BY 2.0.