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)
Prinzregent-Luitpold-Land (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Prinzregent-Luitpold-Land (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Coast (1)
This name originates from Germany. It is part of the Germany Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
The discovered coastal continental area ranging from Caird Coast up to Wiedenmanngletscher (78°10' S, 35° E) at the NW extremity of Touchdown Hills, and the shelf ice front of Filchnerschelfeis, Coats Land, Weddell Sea. Discovered during Deutsche Antarktische Expedition 1911/12 under Wilhelm Filchner; named at the first 'Land in sight' on 1912-JAN-30.
Luitpold Karl Joseph Wilhelm von Bayern (1821-1912), Prinzregent of Bavaria from 1886 to 1912, promoter of the expedition.
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