Ronne Entrance

Ronne Entrance

72°30′S74°00′W / 72.500°S 74.000°W / -72.500; -74.000. Broad southwest entrance of George VI Sound where it opens on Bellingshausen Sea at the southwest side of Alexander Island. Discovered on a sledge journey through the sound in December 1940 by Finn Ronne and Carl Eklund of the USAS, 1939–41, and named Ronne Bay. Since 1940, the head of the bay has receded eastward into George VI Sound, altering the relationships on which the name was based. The name was therefore changed to Ronne Entrance, in keeping with the physical characteristics of the feature. Named after the Ronne family, of which the father, Martin Ronne, was a member of the Norwegian expedition under Amundsen, 1910-12, and the ByrdAE, 1928-30; and the son, Finn Ronne (d.1980), was a member of the ByrdAE, 1933-35, and the USAS, 1939-41. Finn Ronne also served as leader of the RARE, 1947^48, and as military and scientific leader at Ellsworth Station during the IGY, 1957.