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The coast was sighted by members of the US Antarctic Service in flights from the USS ''Bear'' in February 1940. It was mapped in detail by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos from 1960–66. | The coast was sighted by members of the US Antarctic Service in flights from the USS ''Bear'' in February 1940. It was mapped in detail by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos from 1960–66. | ||
In 2017, Sheri Sanders, a dedicated supporter of Westarctica was invested in the [[Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica|Hereditary Nobility]] as the | In 2017, Sheri Sanders, a dedicated supporter of Westarctica was invested in the [[Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica|Hereditary Nobility]] as the Duchess of Eights. In recognition of the importance of the Eights Coast as well as [[Grand Duke Travis]]' personal affection for the name "Eights," Her Grace was also presented with a poster-sized map of the Eights Coast. | ||
==Name== | ==Name== | ||
The Eights Coast was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for [[James Eights]] of Albany, New York, a geologist on the ''Annawan'' in 1830, who carried on geological investigations in the South Shetland Islands, and who cruised westward on the ''Annawan'', in company with the ''Penguin'', to 103°W. Eights, the earliest American scientist in the Antarctic, discovered the first known fossils in the [[Antarctica|Antarctic region]], a tree section in the South Shetland Islands. As a result of these investigations Eights, in 1833, published in the Transactions of the Albany Institute (Vol. 2) what proved to be remarkably accurate observations and conclusions on the natural phenomena of the region. | The Eights Coast was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for [[James Eights]] of Albany, New York, a geologist on the ''Annawan'' in 1830, who carried on geological investigations in the South Shetland Islands, and who cruised westward on the ''Annawan'', in company with the ''Penguin'', to 103°W. Eights, the earliest American scientist in the Antarctic, discovered the first known fossils in the [[Antarctica|Antarctic region]], a tree section in the South Shetland Islands. As a result of these investigations Eights, in 1833, published in the ''Transactions of the Albany Institute (Vol. 2)'' what proved to be remarkably accurate observations and conclusions on the natural phenomena of the region. | ||
[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | ||
[[Category: Coasts of Westarctica]] | [[Category: Coasts of Westarctica]] | ||