Station W / Detaille Island

Latitude : 66°52 S
Longitude : 66°48 W

Time : UTC -3

"Station W- Detaille" is known as Loubet Coast until June 1959 .

Studies activities were survey, geology and meteorology.

The station was established on Detaille Island in 1956 then evacuated in 1959 when sea ice and weather made relief by ship impossible.
Personnel closed the station and transferred to Horseshoe Island (Station Y).

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Credits : Information by British Antarctic Survey. Pictures by Alain Bidart, Rachel Lea Fox and Kevin Fox.
Music : Carlos Nunez - Un Galicien en Bretagne - Tro Breizh / Sony Music 2003