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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Shirase Coast (NZL) | 78° 30' 00.0" S | 158° 00' 00.0" W | Coast |
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Name ID: 114378
Place ID: 13188
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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| Shirase Coast (RUS) | 78° 30' 00.0" S | 155° 30' 00.0" W | Coast |
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| Shirase Coast (USA) | 78° 30' 00.0" S | 156° 00' 00.0" W | Coast |
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Name ID: 131546
Place ID: 13188
The N segment of the relatively ill-defined coast along the E side of Ross Ice Shelf and Ross Sea, lying between the N end of Siple Coast (about 8330S, 15500W) and Cape Colbeck. Named by NZ-APC in 1961 after Lieutenant Npbu Shirase (1861-1946), leader of the Japanese expedition, whose ship Kainan Maru sailed near this coast in Jan. 1912. Landings were made at Kainan Bay and at the Bay of Whales, the origin of a 160-mile journey SE on Ross Ice Shelf. From 7656S, 15555W (off Edward VII Peninsula), another party landed for a sledge trip to the edge of the Alexandra Mountains. |
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