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)
Zumberge Coast (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Zumberge Coast (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Coast (7)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
That portion of the E coast of Ellsworth Land between Cape Zumberge and the S entrance point to Hercules Inlet. Overlooking the W part of Ronne Ice Shelf, this coast was mapped by USGS from USN aerial photographs taken 1961-66 and Landsat imagery taken 1973-74. Named by US-ACAN in 1986 after James H. Zumberge (1923-92), American geologist and glaciologist who directed research on Ross Ice Shelf, 1957-64; Chairman, Committee on Polar Research (later Polar Research Board) of NAS, 1972-76; President, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1982-86; President, University of Southern California, 1980-91.
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