Ronalds Point

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Ronalds Point is the rocky point on the north coast of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica situated just east of the terminus of Snellius Glacier. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.A. Gurney. Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839. New York: Penguin Books, 1998. 315 pp.

The feature is named after Francis Ronalds (1788-1873), a British scientist and inventor who modified the octant to create the surveying sector; in association with other names in the area deriving from the early development or use of geodetic instruments and methods.

Location

Ronalds Point is located at {{coord|61|06|36|S|54|57|59|W|display=inline,title}},[http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission which is 22.4 km east-southeast of Cape Yelcho and 17 km west of Cape Valentine. British mapping of the area in 1822,1972 and 2009.

Maps

[http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/540915.html Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c.] from the exploration of the sloop Dove in the years 1821 and 1822 by George Powell Commander of the same. Scale ca. 1:200000. London: Laurie, 1822.
[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=3722 Elephant Island: From a survey by the Joint Services Expedition, December 1970.] Scale 1:132000 topographic map. Royal Geographical Society (UK), 1972.
[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=5655 British Antarctic Territory.] Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 61 54. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1972.
[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/mapcat/display_map.cfm?map_id=13676 South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands.] Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
[http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

References

[http://apcbg.org/gazet-bg.pdf Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.] Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, [http://apcbg.org/gazet.pdf basic data] in English)

External links

[https://copernix.io/#?where=-54.97129552280908,-61.11095762871933,15&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Ronalds Point.] Adjusted Copernix satellite image

Category:Headlands of the South Shetland Islands

Category:Elephant Island

Category:Bulgaria and the Antarctic