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Darwin Island
Darwin Island is located in Antarctica
Darwin Island
Darwin Island
Location in Antarctica
Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location Antarctica
Coordinates 63°26′S 54°46′W / 63.433°S 54.767°W / -63.433; -54.767
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population Uninhabited

Darwin Island is the largest of the Danger Islands, lying 20 kilometres (11 nmi) east-southeast of the eastern tip of Joinville Island, off the northeast end of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered in 1842 by a British expedition under James Clark Ross, and named by him for Charles Darwin, the noted naturalist.

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