Lassiter Coast (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Lassiter 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 E coast of Antarctic Peninsula extending from Cape Mackintosh to Cape Adams. The N portion of this coast was discovered and photographed from the air by the USAS in 1940. During 1947 the entire extent of the coast was photographed from the air by the RARE under Ronne, who in conjunction with the FIDS charted it from the ground. The name was applied by the US-ACAN for Capt. James W. Lassiter of the then USAAF, who as chief pilot was instrumental in the overall success of the RARE aerial exploratory program. Lassiter was pilot not only on the flight SW from Cape Adams, on which geographic discovery was extended to 7600S, 7230W (the Mount Hassage area), but also on the flight SE to about 7900S, 4345W, on which the seaward edge of the Ronne Ice Shelf and the W and central edge of the Filchner Ice Shelf were sighted and photographed for the first time.
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