Graham coast
Graham coast | |
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location | Antarctic Peninsula , West Antarctica |
Waters | Southern ocean |
From |
Cape Renard 65 ° 1 ′ 22 ″ S , 63 ° 45 ′ 50.8 ″ W. |
To |
Cape Bellue 66 ° 18 ′ 2.9 ″ S , 65 ° 53 ′ 16.1 ″ W. |
Coordinates: 66 ° S , 64 ° W
The Graham Coast is a stretch of coast in the west of the Antarctic Peninsula , between the Cape Renard and Cape Bellue in Graham Land is located. The Danco coast connects to the north and the Loubet coast to the south .
It is named after James Robert George Graham (1792-1862), First Lord of the British Admiralty at the time when John Biscoe explored the west of the Antarctic Peninsula in 1832.
Web links
- Graham Coast in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Graham Coast on geographic.org (English)