COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

That portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Waite and Phrogner Point. This coast is bordered by Thurston Island, Abbot Ice Shelf and some islands within the ice shelf. It was sighted by members of the USAS in flights from the ship from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by US-SCAN for James Eights of Albany, NY, geologist on the Annawan in 1830, who carried on geologic investigations in the South Shetland Islands, and who cruised westward on the Annawan, in company with the Penguin, to 103°W. Eights, the earliest American scientist in the Antarctic, discovered the first known fossils in the Antarctic region, a tree section, in the South Shetland Islands. As a result of these investigations Eights, in 1833, published in the Transactions of the Albany Institute (Vol. 2) what proved to be remarkably accurate observations and conclusions on the natural phenomena of the region.

Llamada por el USS. CAN por James Eights de Albany N.Y., geólogo del Annawan en 1830 quien llevó a cabo investigaciones geológicas en las islas Shetland del Sur y quien hizo un crucero en el "Annawan" en compañía del Penguin. Eights, uno de los primeros cientistas americanos en la Antártica descubrió los primeros fósiles en la región antártica, como resultado de esa investigación Eights publicó en 1883 en el Transaction del Instituto de Albania (volumen II) lo que han probado ser observaciones absolutamente exactas y conclusiones de los fenómenos de la región. Porción de la costa Antártica a lo largo de la ribera S del mar de Bellingshausen.