Foyn, Costa (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Foyn, 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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Fue descubierta en 1893 por una Expedición Antártica Noruega al mando CA. Larsen, quien le dio el nombre por "Swend Foyn", ballenero noruego de Tonsberg, cuya invención del arpón granada facilitó grandemente la moderna industria ballenera. Es una extensión de la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins, situada entre los cabos Alexander y Northrop.
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