D'Hainaut Island is a small island lying in
Mikkelsen Harbor,
Trinity Island, in the
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anver ...
. It was charted by the
French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Auguste Charcot (15 July 1867 – 16 September 1936), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825–1893).
Life
Jean- ...
, and named by the sixth
Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1952) for Lieutenant
Ladislao D'Hainaut.
Caillet-Bois Refuge
Refuge Caillet-Bois is an Argentine refuge in Antarctica located on the D'Hainaut Island. The refuge was inaugurated by the
Argentine Navy on 10 December 1954. Originally it took the name of refuge Port Mikkelsen referred to the name of the Danish arctic explorer
Ejnar Mikkelsen
Ejnar Mikkelsen (December 23, 1880 – May 1, 1971) was a Danish polar explorer and author. He is most known for his expeditions to Greenland.
Biography
Mikkelsen was born in Vester Brønderslev, Jutland. He served in the Georg Carl Amdrup exp ...
. The refuge with its current name, which pays tribute to the Argentine naval Captain and historian
Teodoro Caillet Bois, was given in December 1977 by the icebreaker
ARA General San Martin (Q-4). Then it was closed and evacuated on 17 January of the following year by the icebreaker personnel.
The ARA Petty Officer Castillo visited the shelter in early 2000 during the Antarctic campaign of 1999-2000 and the ARA Almirante Irizar inspected the refuge in April of the same year.
The refuge was renovated in March 2017 by the personnel of the transport
ARA Bahía San Blas.
[ Refugio naval Capitán Caillet-Bois, Retrieved 19 September 2018]
See also
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List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
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List of Antarctic field camps
Many Antarctic research stations support satellite field camps which are, in general, seasonal camps. The type of field camp can vary – some are permanent structures used during the annual Antarctic summer, whereas others are little more than te ...
References
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Islands of the Palmer Archipelago
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