Cape Renard () is a cape forming the south side of the entrance to

Flandres Bay Flandres Bay is a large bay lying between Cape Renard and Cape Willems, along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was explored in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, who named it, probably after the historical area of ...

and separating the Danco and

Graham Coast Graham Coast is the portion of the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctic Peninsula, extending 172 km between Cape Bellue to the southwest and Cape Renard to the northeast. The coast is named after Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiral ...

s on the west coast of

Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...

. Situated on the minor Renard Island just off the north extremity of

Kyiv Peninsula Kyiv Peninsula (, ) is the predominantly ice-covered, oval shaped peninsula projecting 35 km in northwest direction from the west side of Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula. It is bounded by Flandres Bay to the northeast and Beascochea Bay to t ...

, and surmounted by

Una's Peaks Una Peaks,John Splettstoesser (2009). Una Peaks: a long overdue Antarctic geographical naming. Polar Record, 45, pp 177-179. doi:10.1017/S0032247408008036abstract/ref> formerly known as Cape Renard Towers, are two towers of basalt, each topped by ...

. Discovered in 1898 by the

Belgian Antarctic Expedition The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the RV ''Belgica'', it was the first Belgian Antarctic expedition and is considered the firs ...

under Gerlache and named by him for Professor A. Renard, a member of the

Belgica Commission Gallia Belgica ("Belgic Gaul") was a province of the Roman Empire located in the north-eastern part of Roman Gaul, in what is today primarily northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, along with parts of the Netherlands and Germany. In 50 BC, af ...

and of the

Belgian Royal Academy Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language ...

Azufre Point Azufre Point () is a headland lying southeast of Cape Renard on the south side of Flandres Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. It was first charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache, 1897–99, and later charted by ...

lies about 3 miles (5 km) southeast.

Maps

Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Cape Renard.
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Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about th ...

Renard Danco Coast Graham Coast Lighthouses in Antarctica {{DancoCoast-geo-stub

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