Orville coast

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Orville coast
Orville Coast (Antarctica)
Cape Adam
Cape Zumberge
location Ellsworthland , West Antarctica
Waters Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
From Cape Adams
75 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  S , 62 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  W.
To Cape Zumberge
76 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  S , 69 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  W.

Coordinates: 76 °  S , 66 °  W

The Orville Coast is a stretch of coastline west of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf on the coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthland , which is located between Cape Adam and Cape Zumberge . The Zumberge coast connects to the south and the Lassiter coast to the north .

The coast was discovered during the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) under the direction of the US polar explorer Finn Ronne . This named it after Captain Howard Thomas Orville (1901-1960), head of the Naval Aerological Service , who was largely responsible for the development of the meteorological program of the expedition.

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