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)
Pennell Coast (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Pennell Coast (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Coast (7)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
That portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between the Lillie Glacier Tongue and Cape Adare, with the Admiralty Mountains forming a magnificent backdrop to the coastline. Named for Lieutenant Harry L L Pennell, R N commander of the "Terra Nova", the expedition ship for the BAE, 1910-13, who engaged in extensive oceanographic work in the Ross Sea during this period. In February 1911 he sailed along this coast in an endeavour to land the Northern Party led by Campbell. Pennell named Oates Land and Wilson Hills and other features on the coast.
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