Name details

Lassiter Coast

Lassiter Coast (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Lassiter Coast  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109749

Feature type: Coast

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

part of E coast of Palmer Land and W coas of Weddell Sea from Cape Mackintosh to Cape Adams, was photographed from the air by USAS in December 1940 and by RARE in November 1947, and roughly surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island", 1947-48 (Mason, 1950a, p.151); called in its S part Isaiah Bowman Coast (Bowman Coast, q.v.) (AGS map, 1948) or Weddell Coast (Latady, 1949a, p.238); named Lassiter Coast after Capt. (later Lieut. Col.) James W. Lassiter, USAAF (USAF), chief pilot of RARE, who played a major part in the aerial exploration of this coast and of Orville Coast (APC, 1955, p.13; USHO chart 6639, 1955; DCS 601 sheets W 73 60 and 74 60, 1957; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). The name of Lassiter had originally been applied to the N part of Ronne Ice Shelf (q.v.). Costa Lassiter (Argentina. MM chart 121, 1957; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.178). Bereg Lassiter (Soviet Union. UNGSVF chart 334, 1958). Costa de Lassiter (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.230). Bereg Lassitera (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The coast was further photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 45' 00.0" S
-73.75000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
62° 00' 00.0" W
-62.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Jan-1953

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