Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Flandres Bay

(Danco Coast)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 65° 2' 25" S 63° 18' 44" W
between Cape Renard and Cape Willems, Danco Coast, was roughly charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 10-11 February 1898, and named Baie des Flandres or Baie de Flandres after the region of Flanders in Belgium. The bay was further charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, in February 1904. The bay was recharted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10. The bay was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1956-57.