Nordenskjöld Coast




Coast in Antarctica



Location of Nordenskjöld Coast.


Nordenskjöld Coast (64°30′S 60°30′W / 64.500°S 60.500°W / -64.500; -60.500Coordinates: 64°30′S 60°30′W / 64.500°S 60.500°W / -64.500; -60.500) is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Longing to the north, and Cape Fairweather to the south. To the south of this coast lies Oscar II Coast. The name was proposed in 1909 by Edwin Swift Balch, for Otto Nordenskiöld, Swedish geographer and leader of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, who explored this coast in 1902 on his ship Antarctic.


The area was later explored by Lincoln Ellsworth.



References



  • SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Nordenskjöld Coast" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).







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