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Gerlache Island is the largest of the Rosenthal Islands lying off Gerlache Point[1] on the west coast of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was first roughly charted and named "Pointe de Gerlache" by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, for Lieutenant Adrien de Gerlache. As a result of surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1956–58, this island is considered to be the feature named by Charcot; there is no prominent point in this vicinity which would be visible from seaward.[2]

Important Bird Area

Gerlache forms part of the Rosenthal Islands Important Bird Area (IBA), designated as such by BirdLife International because it supports a breeding colony of gentoo penguins, with about 3000 pairs recorded there in 1987. It lies within ASMA 7 - Southwest Anvers Island and Palmer Basin.[3]

See also

• List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands

References

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

На других языках

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[de] Gerlache-Insel

Die Gerlache-Insel ist eine Insel im Palmer-Archipel vor der Westküste der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie ist die größte der Rosenthal-Inseln und liegt unmittelbar westlich der Anvers-Insel. Sie ist von einer Eiskappe bedeckt.

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- [en] Gerlache Island

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[fr] Île de Gerlache

L'île de Gerlache est la plus grande des îles Rosenthal (en). Ces iles sont situées au large du cap de Gerlache [1] sur la côte ouest de l'île d'Anvers, dans l'archipel Palmer en Antarctique. Elle fut d'abord grossièrement cartographié et nommé « pointe de Gerlache » par l'expédition française en Antarctique de 1903–05, sous le commandement de Jean-Baptiste Charcot, en hommage au lieutenant Adrien de Gerlache .

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