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Andrée Island

Coordinates: 64°31′S 61°31′W / 64.517°S 61.517°W / -64.517; -61.517
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Location of Danco Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Andrée Island (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.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Andrée Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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