Budd coast
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Budd Coast , Buddland
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Casey Station on the Budd Coast
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| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Southern Ocean ( Indian part) | |
| From |
Hatch Islands 66 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 109 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ E |
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Cape Waldron 66 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 115 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ E |
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Coordinates: 67 ° S , 112 ° E
The Budd Coast is a stretch of coast in East Antarctica Wilkesland that extends between the Hatch Islands at 109 ° 16'E and Cape Waldron at 115 ° 33'E. Casey Station is on this stretch of coast .
The coast was discovered in February 1840 as part of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842) led by the American polar explorer Charles Wilkes . Wilkes named her after Lieutenant Thomas Augustus Budd (1813-1862), the ship's captain on the USS Peacock on this expedition.
Web links
- Budd Coast in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Budd Coast on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bertelsmann Hausatlas, Gütersloh 1960, p. 107