Spit (Antarctica)
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 18 ′ S , 170 ° 11 ′ E | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Pennell coast | |
| Waters | Robertson Bay | |
The Spit ( English for headland or headland ) is a headland on the Pennell coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . At the northwest end of the Adare Peninsula , it marks the division between North Beach and South Beach at Ridley Beach .
The northern group around Victor Campbell named them in the course of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott .
Web links
- Spit in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)