Saunders coast

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Saunders coast
Map sheet showing the section of the Saunders coast north and east of the Edward VII Peninsula
Map sheet showing the section of the Saunders coast north and east of the Edward VII Peninsula
Saunders Coast (Antarctica)
Cape Colbeck
Brennan Point
location Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica
Waters Southern Ocean (Pacific part)
From Cape Colbeck
77 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  S , 158 ° 1 ′ 0 ″  W.
To Brennan Point
76 ° 5 ′ 0 ″  S , 146 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  W.

Coordinates: 78 °  S , 150 °  W

The Saunders Coast is a stretch of coast in the west Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It lies between Cape Colbeck and Brennan Point . It limits the Edward VII Peninsula to the north. Among other things, Sulzberger Bay and the Guest Peninsula are located on it .

The coast was explored from the air on December 5, 1929 during the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930). The resulting aerial photographs were used by the US cartographer Harold Eugene Saunders (1890–1961), who is also the namesake of the coast, for an initial mapping. The United States Geological Survey completed this mapping with its own measurements and aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1959 and 1965.

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