Scott coast
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Tethys Bay on the northern coast near Cape Washington
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Waters | Ross Sea | |
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Cape Washington 74 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 165 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E |
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Minna Bluff 78 ° 34 ′ 30 ″ S , 167 ° 4 ′ 20 ″ E |
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Coordinates: 77 ° S , 163 ° E
The Scott Coast is a stretch of coast along McMurdo Sound in East Antarctic Victoria Land , stretching between Cape Washington in the north and Minna Bluff in the south. The Borchgrevink Coast connects to the north and the Hillary Coast to the south . It lies largely on the open Ross Sea , but extends into the Ross Ice Shelf in the south .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the coast after the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), leader of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) and the Terra Nova Expedition (1911-1913), under his leadership Most of this coast has been explored and numerous geographical objects have been named.
Web links
- Scott Coast in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Scott Coast on geographic.org (English)