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)
Shirase Coast (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Shirase 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 the Antarctic Continent lying to the south of Cape Colbeck. Named for Lieutenant Choku Shirase who led the Japanese Expedition, 1910-12, in the "Kainan Maru". Shore parties explored part of the Ross Ice Shelf and also to the edge of the Alexandra Mountains, while the vessel sailed east to 151°20' W.
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