Renard_Island

Renard Island

Renard Island

Antarctic island


Renard Island is an island off the coast of Antarctica, approximately 2.0 kilometres (1.1 nmi) long and 1.57 kilometres (0.85 nmi) wide, with Cape Renard at its northern end and separated from False Cape Renard by a channel that appeared following the loss of ice prior to 2001. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee in 2008 in association with Cape Renard.

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Maps

  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Renard Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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