English Coast is a portion of the coast of Antarctica between the northern tip of Rydberg Peninsula and the Buttress Nunataks , on the west side of Palmer Land . To the west is Bryan Coast , and northward runs Rymill Coast east of Alexander Island across George VI Sound . This coast was discovered and explored in 1940, on land by Finn Ronne and Carl R. Eklund and from the air by other members of the East Base of the US Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41. It was originally named "Robert English Coast" after Capt. Robert A.J. English , US Navy, Executive Secretary of USAS, 1939–41, and formerly Captain of the Bear of Oakland on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition , 1933–35. The name is shortened for the sake of brevity.
4-500: English Coast is divided between Palmer Land on the Antarctic Peninsula and Ellsworth Land to the south and west. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "English Coast" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . 73°30′S 73°0′W / 73.500°S 73.000°W / -73.500; -73.000 This Palmer Land location article
8-566: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Palmer Land Palmer Land ( 71°30′S 065°00′W / 71.500°S 65.000°W / -71.500; -65.000 ) is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula , Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz . This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names and
12-475: The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee , in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of Antarctica, and the names Graham Land and Palmer Land for the northern and southern portions, respectively. The line dividing them is roughly 69° S. In its southern extreme, the Antarctic Peninsula stretches west, with Palmer Land eventually bordering Ellsworth Land along
16-549: The 80° W line of longitude. Palmer Land is bounded in the south by the ice-covered Carlson Inlet , an arm of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf , which crosses the 80° W line. This is the base of Cetus Hill . This feature is named after Nathaniel Palmer , an American sealer who explored the Antarctic Peninsula area southward of Deception Island in the sloop Hero in November 1820. This Palmer Land location article
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