Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Nordenskjöld, Costa (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Nordenskjöld, Costa (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Coast (7)
This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
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El nombre fue puesto en 1909 por Edwin Swift Balch, en honor de Otto Nordenskjöld, geógrafo sueco y jefe de la Expedición Sueca que se realizó entre 1901-1904, que exploró esta costa en 1902. Se llama así aquella porción de la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins que se extiende de cabo Longing a cabo Fairweather. Presenta accidentes geográficos importantes: ensenada Larsen, cabos Sobral, Worsley, Fairweather, glaciar Drygalski, nunataks Tillberg, meseta Detroit, isla Lindenberg, todos estos accidentes están cubiertos casi completamente por hielo y nieve.
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