D'Hainaut Island
D’Hainaut Island, Isla D'Hainaut
63°54′S 60°47′W
D'Hainaut Island is a small island lying in Mikkelsen Harbor, Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–1910, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by the sixth Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1952) for Lieutenant Ladislao D'Hainaut.
Terrain
63°54′S 60°47′W
Overview
D'Hainaut Island is a small island lying in Mikkelsen Harbor, Trinity Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–1910, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by the sixth Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1952) for Lieutenant Ladislao D'Hainaut.
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Chart
Nearest islands
- Trinity Island6.6 km
- Hoseason Island45 km
- Two Hummock Island52 km
- Tower Island60 km
- Liège Island61 km
- Brabant Island85 km
Also in Palmer Archipelago
Anvers Island
2,086 km²▲ 2,761 m
Major islands
Brabant Island
916 km²▲ 2,688 m
Major islands
Trinity Island
171 km²▲ 1,065 m
Minor islands
Wiencke Island
139 km²▲ 749 m
Minor islands
Liège Island
67.2 km²▲ 832 m
Minor islands
Hoseason Island
39.9 km²▲ 541 m
Minor islands
Two Hummock Island
25.9 km²▲ 665 m
Minor islands
Tower Island
20.6 km²▲ 307 m
Minor islands
Photographs
Argentine Refugio Naval (built 10 December 1954) on D'Hainaut Island, Mikkelsen Harbour, Trinity Island
D'Hainaut Island, Mikkelson Harbor
Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), D'Hainaut Island, Mikkelsen Harbour, Trinity Island
D'Hainaut Island, Mikkelson Harbor
D'Hainaut Island in Mikkelsen Harbor, Antarctica, is a rocky islet off the south side of ice-covered Trinity Island.
Trinity Island is visible across the bay from D'Hainaut Island in Mikkelsen Harbor, Antarctica.
A small wooden boat once used for whaling remains on the beach at D'Hainaut Island in Mikkelsen Harbor, Antarctica.
A zodiac load of Antarctic tourists lands on D'Hainaut Island in Mikkelsen Harbor. Trinity Island is just across the bay.
Argentina maintains the small Caillet-Bois refuge hut on D'Hainaut Island in Mikkelsen Harbor, Antarctica. During the southern summer the island is populated mostly by Gentoo penguins.
Once used as a flensing area, whale vertebra, ribs, and jawbones litter D'Hainaut Island in Mikkelsen Harbor, Antarctica.
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Facts
Photographs
- Mikkelsen Harbour-2016-Trinity Island-D'Hainaut Island–Refugio Naval. Godot13 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- D'Hainaut Island, Mikkelson Harbor (47290804391). mike from New York, NY, US / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mikkelsen Harbour-2016-Trinity Island (D'Hainaut Island)–Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) 02. Godot13 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- D'Hainaut Island, Mikkelson Harbor (47290809451). mike from New York, NY, US / CC BY-SA 2.0
- D'Hainaut Island (52049962554). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Trinity Island (52051178407). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Whaling Boat (52050653560). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Zodiac Landing (52050173739). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Caillet-Bois Refuge Hut (52051159386). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Whale Bones (52049392572). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0