Antarctica

Detaille Island

Detaille Island is a small island off the northern end of the in , . From 1956 to 1959 it was home to "Base W" of the British Antarctic Survey and closed after the end of the International Geophysical Year.
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Detaille Island

Latitude
-66.8692° or 66° 52′ 9″ south
Longitude
-66.7898° or 66° 47′ 23″ west
Open location code
375M46J6+83
Open­Street­Map ID
way 225836079
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
6632070
Wiki­data ID
Q1201098
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Satellite Map

Discover Detaille Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Detaille Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Detaille”
  • Chinese: “德塔耶島”
  • Dutch: “Detaille Island”
  • German: “Detaille-Insel”
  • Italian: “Isola Detaille”
  • Latvian: “Detaija sala”
  • Latvian: “Detaille Island”
  • Latvian: “Îlot Detaille”
  • Latvian: “Lent Islands”
  • Latvian: “Lenta salas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Base W”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Detaille Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Detaille Island”
  • Norwegian: “Detaille Island”
  • Spanish: “Detaille, isla”
  • Spanish: “Isla Detaille”
  • Swedish: “Detaille Island”
  • Swedish: “Detaille”

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