Morning Bulls Coast
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location | Bouvet Island | |
Waters | South Atlantic | |
west |
Cape Circoncision 54 ° 23 ′ 51 ″ S , 3 ° 17 ′ 36.5 ″ E |
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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.
Web links
- Morgenstiernekysten in the directory of the Norwegian Polar Institute