Errera Channel with Rongé Island on the left, Cuverville Island in the center and the Arctowski Peninsula on the right.

Errera Channel (64°42′S 62°36′W / 64.700°S 62.600°W / -64.700; -62.600) is a channel between Rongé Island and the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–1899, under Adrien de Gerlache, who named this feature for Leo Errera, a professor at the University of Brussels and a member of the Belgica Commission.[1]

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  1. "Errera Channel". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-03.

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