Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Gould Coast (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Gould Coast (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Coast (7)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
That portion of the coast of Antarctica lying to the south of the Ross Ice Shelf between the western side of the Robert Scott Glacier and 154°00'W. Named for Dr Laurence M Gould, a geologist who was second in command to Rear-Admiral Richard E Byrd in his 1928-30 expedition. Gould led the Geological Party which mapped 175 miles of this coast. He was President of Carleton College, USA, when he was appointed Chairman of the United States National Committee for the IGY and took a prominent part in the planning of Operation Deep Freeze Antarctic Programme.
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