Romanes Beach
| Romanes Beach | ||
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| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Waters | Wohlschlag Bay | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Romanes Beach is a beach on the west coast of the Antarctic Ross Island . It is just south of Harrison Bluff on the north shore of Wohlschlag Bay .
Participants in a campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , which was carried out from 1958 to 1959 and landed there with the freighter USS Arneb , mapped it. The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the beach after the New Zealand mountaineer Walter Romanes (1931–1988), a participant in the expedition.
Web links
- Romanes Beach in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Romanes Beach on geographic.org (English)