Morning Bulls Coast

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Morning Bulls Coast
Morning Bull Coast (Bouvet Island)
Cape Circoncision
Cape Valdivia
location Bouvet Island
Waters South Atlantic
west Cape Circoncision
54 ° 23 ′ 51 ″  S , 3 ° 17 ′ 36.5 ″  E
east Cape Valdivia
54 ° 23 ′ 20 ″  S , 3 ° 21 ′ 14 ″  E

Coordinates: 54 ° 24 ′  S , 3 ° 20 ′  E

The Morgenstierne-Coast ( Norwegian Morgenstiernekysten ) is a coast in the north of Bouvet Island . It lies between Cape Circoncision in the west and Cape Valdivia in the east. The Horndtvedt and Posadowsky glaciers flow into the South Atlantic here . At the eastern end of the coast is the Smalstranda . The Victoria Terrace Coast connects to the east and the Esmarch Coast to the south-southwest .

Scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute named it in 1980. The namesake is not known.

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