Detaille Island Station W — History
Location of Station W — Detaille Island
(Known as Loubet Coast until Jun 1959)
Position: Lat. 66° 52′ S, Long. 66° 48′ W
General location: Detaille Island, Lallemand Fjord, Loubet Coast
Purpose
Survey, geology and meteorology.
Occupied
21 Feb 1956 – 31 Mar 1959.
Evacuated when sea ice and weather made relief by ship impossible. Personnel closed the station and transferred to Horseshoe Island (Station Y).
Buildings
Unnamed.
Current Status
Closed. Site cleaned up by BAS 1996/97 season. Designated Historic Site and Monument (HSM) No. 83 in 2009.
Associated Refuge: Orford Cliff.
