Cape Renard
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Cape Renard is a cape forming the south side of the entrance to Flandres Bay
Flandres Bay
Flandres Bay is a large bay lying between Capes Renard and Willems, along the west coast of Graham Land. Explored in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, who named it, probably after the historical area of that name, now constituting part of France, Belgium and the Netherlands....

 and separating the Danco
Danco Coast
Danco Coast is that portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Sterneck and Cape Renard. This coast was explored in January and February 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, who named it for Lieutenant Emile Danco who died on the expedition....

 and Graham Coast
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....

s on the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....

. Situated on the minor Renard Island just off the north extremity of Kiev Peninsula
Kiev Peninsula
Kiev Peninsula is the predominantly ice-covered, oval shaped peninsula projecting 35 km in northwest direction from the west side of Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula. Bounded by Flandres Bay to the northeast and Beascochea Bay to the southwest. Separated from Wilhelm Archipelago to the northwest...

, and surmounted by Una's Tits
Una's Tits
Una's Tits are two towers of basalt, each topped by a cap of ice, guarding the entrance to the Lemaire Channel on the Antarctic Peninsula. With a highest summit is 747 m high, they are officially named "Una's Tits" and are identified as such on navigation charts...

. Discovered in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899, named after its expedition vessel Belgica, was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region.- Preparation and Surveying :...

 under Gerlache and named by him for Professor A. Renard, a member of the Belgica Commission and of the Belgian Royal Academy.
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