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Part of the [[Australian Antarctic Territory|Australian claim]] to the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]], it extends between 153°45' E and 160° E, forming a wedge between 60° S and the [[South Pole]]. It is bounded in the east by the [[Ross Dependency]] and overlaps in the west with [[George V Land]]. | Part of the [[Australian Antarctic Territory|Australian claim]] to the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]], it extends between 153°45' E and 160° E, forming a wedge between 60° S and the [[South Pole]]. It is bounded in the east by the [[Ross Dependency]] and overlaps in the west with [[George V Land]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
The eastern portion of this coast was discovered in February 1911 by Lieutenant Harry Pennell, Royal Navy, commander of the expedition ship ''Terra Nova'' during the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. He named the coast after Captain Lawrence E.G. Oates who, with Captain [[Robert Falcon Scott]] and three British companions, perished on the return journey from the [[South Pole]] in 1912. The western portion of the coast, the vicinity of the Mawson Peninsula, was first delineated from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy]] Operation Highjump, 1946-47. | The eastern portion of this coast was discovered in February 1911 by Lieutenant Harry Pennell, Royal Navy, commander of the expedition ship ''Terra Nova'' during the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. He named the coast after Captain Lawrence E.G. Oates who, with Captain [[Robert Falcon Scott]] and three British companions, perished on the return journey from the [[South Pole]] in 1912. The western portion of the coast, the vicinity of the [[Douglas Mawson|Mawson Peninsula]], was first delineated from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy]] Operation Highjump, 1946-47. | ||
[[Category:Geography of Antarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Antarctica]] | ||