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)
Saunders Coast (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Saunders 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 the Antarctic Continent lying to the north of King Edward VII Land, from Cape Colbeck to the cape at the north side of the entrance to Paul Block Bay. Named for Captain Harold E Saunders, a classmate and lifelong friend of Rear-Admiral Ricahrd E Byrd, who compiled maps of the Byrd and other Antarctic Expeditions, and was Chairman of the US ACAN.
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