Rongé Island

Rongé Island (also Curville Island, De Rongé Island, Isla Curville, or Rouge Island) is a high, rugged island 8 km (5 mi) long, the largest island of the group which forms the west side of Errera Channel, off the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctica.

Rongé Island
Rongé Island
Location in Antarctica
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Coordinates64°43′S 62°41′W
Length8 km (5 mi)
Highest elevation1,158 m (3799 ft)
Highest pointMount Britannia
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Rongé Island was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BAE) of 1897–1899 under Adrien de Gerlache who named it for Madame de Rongé (cousin of Johannes Ronge), a contributor to the expedition.[1]

Geography

Ketley Point forms the western end of Rongé Island.[2] Sherlac Point marks the southeast end of the island.[3] Both were charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960.[2][3] Ketley was named for John Ketley, a Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) assistant surveyor at the Danco Island station in 1956 and at Arthur Harbour in 1957.[2] Sherlac was initially named "Cap Charles" by Gerlache, but to avoid confusion with Charles Point in Hughes Bay, it was renamed "Sherlac", an anagram of Charles.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Rongé Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
  2. "Ketley Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
  3. "Sherlac Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-06.

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