Gand Island Explained

Gand Island
Map:Antarctica
Location:Antarctica
Coordinates:-64.4°N -113°W
Archipelago:Palmer Archipelago
Population:Uninhabited
Country:None
Treaty System:Antarctic Treaty System

Gand Island, also Ghent Island or Genteiland in Dutch is an ice-covered island, 3nmi long and 1.5nmi 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.

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