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)
Knox Coast (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Knox Coast (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Coast
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
That portion of the coast of Wilkes Land between Cape Hordern 100.52 degrees E and the Hatch Islands 109.28 degrees E. Discovered in February 1840, by the US Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Charles Wilkes, who named it after Lieut. S.R. Knox, USN., captain of the USEE tender Flying Fish.
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