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Derby Island is a small rocky island close north of Astrolabe Glacier Tongue, lying 0.9 kilometres (0.5 nmi) southwest of Pasteur Island at the southern end of the Dumoulin Islands. It was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1949–51, and so named because French field parties competed against each other for the honor of being first to reach the island area.[1]

Derby Island

Derby Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	66°38′S 140°5′E
Archipelago	Dumoulin Islands
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

See also

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

References

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

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[de] Derby-Insel

Die Derby-Insel (französisch Île du Derby) ist eine kleine Felseninsel vor der Küste des ostantarktischen Adélielands. Sie liegt unmittelbar nördlich der Astrolabe-Gletscherzunge und 800 m südwestlich der Pasteur-Insel am südlichen Ende der Dumoulin-Inseln im Géologie-Archipel.

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- [en] Derby Island

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