Ronalds Point is the rocky point on the north coast of

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in the

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situated just east of the terminus of Snellius Glacier. The area was visited by early 19th century

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.A. Gurney. ''Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839.'' New York: Penguin Books, 1998. 315 pp. The feature is named after

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(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

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instruments and methods.

Location

Ronalds Point is located at ,Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission which is 22.4 km east-southeast of

Cape Yelcho Cape Yelcho is the northwestern extremity of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the UK Joint Services Expedition, 1970–71,Cape Valentine Cape Valentine is a cape on the northeast side of Gurkovska Cove forming the northeast extremity of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The name was in use by American and British sealers as early as 1822 and is now well ...

. British mapping of the area in 1822,1972 and 2009.

Maps

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.
Elephant Island: From a survey by the Joint Services Expedition, December 1970.
Scale 1:132000 topographic map. Royal Geographical Society (UK), 1972.
British Antarctic Territory.
Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 61 54. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1972.
South Shetland Islands: Elephant, Clarence and Gibbs Islands.
Scale 1:220000 topographic map. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, 2009.
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

Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)

External links

Ronalds Point.
Adjusted Copernix satellite image Headlands of the South Shetland Islands Elephant Island Bulgaria and the Antarctic {{ElephantIsland-geo-stub