Name details

Ronne Entrance

Ronne Entrance (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Ronne Entrance  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 110929

Feature type: None recorded.

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

SW entrance of George VI Sound opening into Bellingshausen Sea between SW Alexander Island to NE and Smyley Island, Spaatz Island and DeAtley Island to SW, was photographed from the air by USAS, 4 November 1940 (Black, 1945, p.8-9), and roughly surveyed from the ground by USAS, 1940-41 (Ronne, 1945, p.18); named Ronne Bay after the Ronne (or Rønne) family, including Martin Richard Rønne (1861-1932), member of the Third Norwegian Expedition in the Fram, 1910-12 (Capt. Roald Amundsen), which reached the South Pole, and of his son Capt. Finne Ronne, USNR (1899-1980), member of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35, and of USAS, 1939-41 (leading the party that surveyed this feature), Leader of RARE, 1947-48, and Commander of the US IGY "Ellsworth Station", 1957-58 (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; Ronne, 1949, p.234 and end map). Bahía Ronne (Argentina. IGM map, 1946). The feature was further photographed from the air by RARE, 23 December 1947 (Ronne, 1948b, map p.356 and p.384-85) and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-49, when it was found that the feature was enlarging E-wards through calving from George VI Ice Front. Rønne-Bukten (Rønne, 1950b, p.155). Zaliv Ronne (Baranov and others, 1954, map p.283). Ronne-Bucht (Kosack, 1955a, end map). Ronne Entrance (APC, 1955, p.18; USHO chart 6638, 1955; BA chart 3175, 5.vii.1957; Searle, 1963, end map; [further delineated from US LANDSAT imagery of January 1973] BAS 250P sheet SS 16-18/4, 1-DOS 1974). Entrée Ronne (France. SHM chart 5879, 1956). Baia Ronne (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 6, 9, 12-13). Prokhod Ronne (Soviet Union. UNGSVF chart 334, 1958). Ronneova Zátoka (Bártl, 1958, map facing p.144). Bukhta Ronne (Nudel'man, 1960, loose map). Entrata Ronne (Zavatti, 1960a, p.1419). Zaliv Ronne-Entrans (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Bahía de Ronne (Sullivan, 1972, map p.52). Entrada Ronne, as rejected name (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.247).

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Location

Latitude:
72° 35' 00.0" S
-72.58333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
74° 30' 00.0" W
-74.50000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
31-Mar-1955

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