Ranvik Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Ranvik Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island (5)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A rocky island, 1.5 mi long, which is the largest island in the southern part of the Rauer Islands. It lies at the northern end of Ranvik Bay, about 3 mi NW of Browns Glacier. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers, as being connected to the mainland, from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). They gave the name "Ranviktangen" (the Ranvik tongue) because of its association with Ranvik Bay. The US-ACAN has approved John H. Roscoe's 1952 recommendation that the Norwegian name be amended to Ranvik Island. Roscoe's examination of this area in air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) determined that the feature described is actually separated from the mainland.
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