Walgreen Coast (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Walgreen 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 Herlacher and Cape Waite. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd and members of the USAS in flights from the USS Bear in February 1940. Named by Byrd for Charles R. Walgreen, president of the Walgreen Drug Co. of Chicago, who was a supporter of the ByrdAE, 1933-35, and assisted in equipping the Bear for the USAS, 1939-41. This coast was mapped in detail by USGS from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66.
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