Gerlache Island

Gerlache Island
Rosenthal Islands (British Antarctic Territory)
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Location:	64°35’21"S, 64°13’42"W
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Gerlache Island is the largest of the Rosenthal Islands which lie off west coast of Anvers Island in the British Antarctic Territory.

This island was charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903-05, as part of the main island and named Pointe de Gerlache, after Lieutenant Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery, of the Belgian Marine (later Baron de Gerlache de Gomery) (1866-1933), Belgian polar explorer and Commander of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition; Leader of Arctic expeditions, 1905, 1907 and 1909. The Gerlache Strait is also named after Lt Gerlache.

The island was photographed from the air by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition and surveyed from the ground by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from 'Arthur Harbour', 1956-58, and shown to be the feature originally named by the French Antarctic Expedition.

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Gerlache Island