Renard Island

Renard Island
	Renard Island
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	65°01′34″S 63°46′35″W
Length	2 km (1.2 mi)
Width	1.57 km (0.976 mi)
Administration
	Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Renard Island is an island, 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.

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

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Renard Island". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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