Wilkes Coast (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Wilkes Coast (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Coast
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
The coast of Wilkes Land between Cape Morse (130º10''43" east) and the western boundary of Terre Adélie (136º00''00" east). Discovered and charted by Capt. J.K. Davis of AAE (1911-14) in the SY Aurora. Named by Sir Douglas Mawson after Rear Admiral Charles E. Wilkes, USN, American Antarctic explorer.
Rear Admiral Charles E. Wilkes, USN, American Antarctic explorer
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