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Caird Coast

Place ID: 2194
Name ID: 108052

Feature type: Coast

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

• Caird Coast (Russia)
• Caird Coast (United States of America)
• Caird, costa (Argentina)

Narrative

NW coast of Coats Land (q.v.) between c. 76 40'S 28 20'W and 74 00'S 20 00'W (at Lyddan Ice Rise), i.e., between Luitpold Coast (q.v.) and Kronprinsesse Martha Kyst, Dronning Maud Land. The part of the coast W of 23 00'W (Bruce Coast, q.v.) was discovered and charted by BITAE in January 1915, and the part between c. 76 40'S 28 20'W and c. 74 00'S 22 30'W was named after [Sir] James Caird (1864-1954), shipowner and jute manufacturer of Dundee, who subscribed towards the cost of the expedition (Shackleton, 1919, p.xii, 28, map facing p.368; [in the immediate vicinity of Stancomb-Wills Ice Stream] BA chart 3176, 1924; [as now defined] APC, 1955, p.6; BA chart 3170, 1.vii.1955; 3176, 30.xi.1956; BAS sheet Misc. 2, 1981). Caird Kust (Shackleton, [1921], end map). Caird-Küste (Brennecke, 1921). Caird(-)Land (Brennecke, 1921; [74 50'S 22 55'W to 76 10'S 26 00'W] AGS map, sheet 1, [1928]; [74 40'S 23 00'W to 76 10'S 27 00'] AGS map, [1929]; [erroneously given as original name] BA, 1948, p.223). Terre Caird, 74 40'S 24 00'W to 76 30'S 25 00'W (CSM chart C'I, 1925). Cairdkysten (Aagaard, 1930, p.874). Coats Coast, in c. 20 W (Hobbs, 1940, map p.714). Costa Caird (Cordovez Madariaga, 1945, p.38; [in part] Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 6; [75 30'S 26 40'W to 76 40'S 29 00'W] Argentina. IGM map, 1946). Cairdin Maa (Andersson, 1948, end map). Zemlya Kerda (Baranov and others, 1954, map p.283). Tierra de Caird (Capurro, 1955, p.7). The coast was further charted by TAE, 1955-57. Côte Caird (France. SHM chart 5879, 1956). Caird Kusten (Frödin, 1956, Front.). Costa Bruce, referring to N part (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 6). Terra di Caird, in part (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 12-13). Terra di Coats (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 12-13). Bereg Kerda (Soviet Union. UNGSVF chart 334, 1958). Cairdova Zeme (Bártl, 1958, map facing p.144). Costa de Caird (Fuchs and Hillary, [1959b], p.55; Pierrou, 1970, p.231). Wybrzez e Caird (Fuchs and Hillary, 1959f, map p.37). Cairdovo PobrÄezÄí (Fuchs and Hillary, 1960b, map p.30). The coast was recharted from USLANDSAT and NOAA imagery, 1973-79. (Germany. IAG satellite image map sheet SS 25-27, 1990)

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