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)
Pennell Coast (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Pennell Coast (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Coast (7)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
That portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Williams and Cape Adare. Named by NZ-APC in 1961 after Lt. Harry L.L. Pennell, RN, commander of the Terra Nova, the expedition ship of the BrAE, 1910-13. Pennell engaged in oceanographic work in the Ross Sea during this period. In Feb. 1911 he sailed along this coast in exploration and an endeavor to land the Northern Party led by Lt. Victor Campbell.
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