Gerald
Gerald
Geral’d
(Herald), an island in the Chukchi Sea, 70 km east of Wrangel Island in the Chukchi National Okrug, Magadan’ Oblast, RSFSR. Area, approximately 10 sq km; maximum elevation, 366 m. It is covered with tundra flora. On the northwest the island ends in a narrow (60-70 m) spit of sand and gravel. The island was discovered in 1849 by the English naval captain H. Kellett and named in honor of the ship he commanded, the Herald.