Gand Island

Gand Island

Gand Island Location in Antarctica
Geography
Location	Antarctica
Coordinates	64°24′S 62°51′W / 64.400°S 62.850°W / -64.400; -62.850Coordinates: 64°24′S 62°51′W / 64.400°S 62.850°W / -64.400; -62.850
Archipelago	Palmer Archipelago
Administration
Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Gand Island, also Ghent Island or Genteiland in Dutch is an ice-covered island, 3 nautical miles (6 km) long and 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) wide, lying at the north end of Schollaert Channel, between Anvers Island and Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, and named by Adrian de Gerlache after "Gand", the French form of Ghent, a city in Belgium where subscription drives were held to help finance the expedition.^[1]

See also[]

• List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

External links[]

• Info en photo's from the expedition to Ghent Island (29 januari 2008) (in Dutch)
• Gand Island on USGS website
• Gand Island on AADC website
• Gand Island on SCAR website
• Satellite image of the area of Gand Island
• long term weather forecast for Gand Island

References[]

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

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