Nordenskjöld coast
| Nordenskjöld coast | |
|---|---|
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula |
| Waters | Weddell Sea |
| east |
Cape Longing 64 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ S , 58 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ W. |
| west |
Cape Fairweather 65 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 61 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ W. |
Coordinates: 65 ° S , 61 ° W
The Nordenskjöld Coast is a stretch of coast in the east of the Antarctic Peninsula . In graham country it lies between Cape Longing and Cape Fairweather . The Seal Islands , Robertson Island and Lindenberg Island lie off the Nordenskjöld coast . The Oskar II coast joins in the south , and the east coast of the Trinity Peninsula in the north .
The name goes back to a suggestion by the American mountaineer, glaciologist and Antarctic historian Edwin Swift Balch (1856-1927) from 1909. It is named after the Swedish geologist Otto Nordenskjöld (1869–1928), head of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903), during which this stretch of coast was explored.
Web links
- Nordenskjöld Coast in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nordenskjöld Coast on geographic.org (English)