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[[File:Saunders coast.jpg|thumb|Saunders Coast, between Westarctica and the Ross Dependency]] | [[File:Saunders coast.jpg|thumb|Saunders Coast, between Westarctica and the Ross Dependency]] | ||
The '''Saunders Coast''' (Coordinates: 77°45′S 150°0′W) is that portion of the coast of [[Westarctica]] between Cape Colbeck and Brennan Point, or between | The '''Saunders Coast''' (Coordinates: 77°45′S 150°0′W) is that portion of the coast of [[Westarctica]] between Cape Colbeck and Brennan Point, or between Shirase Coast in the west and [[Ruppert Coast]] in the east. It stretches from 158°01'W to 146°31'W. | ||
The portion west of 150°W is part of the [[Ross Dependency]]. | The portion west of 150°W is part of the [[Ross Dependency]]. | ||
Revision as of 20:42, 7 May 2018
The Saunders Coast (Coordinates: 77°45′S 150°0′W) is that portion of the coast of Westarctica between Cape Colbeck and Brennan Point, or between Shirase Coast in the west and Ruppert Coast in the east. It stretches from 158°01'W to 146°31'W.
The portion west of 150°W is part of the Ross Dependency.
Discovery and name
The Saunders Coast was explored from the air on December 5, 1929, by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–30) and was first mapped from aerial photographs obtained on that flight by Capt. Harold E. Saunders, USN, for whom the coast is named.