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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Lassiter Coast (RUS) 74° 00' 00.0" S 62° 00' 00.0" W Coast
Name ID: 118980 Place ID: 8169

Lassiter Coast (GBR) 73° 45' 00.0" S 62° 00' 00.0" W Coast
Name ID: 109749 Place ID: 8169

part of E coast of Palmer Land and W coas of Weddell Sea from Cape Mackintosh to Cape Adams, was photographed from the air by USAS in December 1940 and by RARE in November 1947, and roughly surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island", 1947-48 (Mason, 1950a, p.151); called in its S part Isaiah Bowman Coast (Bowman Coast, q.v.) (AGS map, 1948) or Weddell Coast (Latady, 1949a, p.238); named Lassiter Coast after Capt. (later Lieut. Col.) James W. Lassiter, USAAF (USAF), chief pilot of RARE, who played a major part in the aerial exploration of this coast and of Orville Coast (APC, 1955, p.13; USHO chart 6639, 1955; DCS 601 sheets W 73 60 and 74 60, 1957; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). The name of Lassiter had originally been applied to the N part of Ronne Ice Shelf (q.v.). Costa Lassiter (Argentina. MM chart 121, 1957; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.178). Bereg Lassiter (Soviet Union. UNGSVF chart 334, 1958). Costa de Lassiter (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.230). Bereg Lassitera (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The coast was further photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS.

Lassiter Coast (USA) 73° 45' 00.0" S 62° 00' 00.0" W Coast
Name ID: 127832 Place ID: 8169

That portion of the E coast of Antarctic Peninsula extending from Cape Mackintosh to Cape Adams. The N portion of this coast was discovered and photographed from the air by the USAS in 1940. During 1947 the entire extent of the coast was photographed from the air by the RARE under Ronne, who in conjunction with the FIDS charted it from the ground. The name was applied by the US-ACAN for Capt. James W. Lassiter of the then USAAF, who as chief pilot was instrumental in the overall success of the RARE aerial exploratory program. Lassiter was pilot not only on the flight SW from Cape Adams, on which geographic discovery was extended to 7600S, 7230W (the Mount Hassage area), but also on the flight SE to about 7900S, 4345W, on which the seaward edge of the Ronne Ice Shelf and the W and central edge of the Filchner Ice Shelf were sighted and photographed for the first time.

Lassiter, costa (ARG) 73° 45' 00.0" S 62° 00' 00.0" W Coast
Name ID: 101342 Place ID: 8169

Lassiter, Costa (CHL) 73° 30' 00.0" S 61° 30' 00.0" W Coast
Name ID: 105808 Place ID: 8169

La parte N de esta costa fue descubierta y fotografiada desde el aire por el RARE, bajo la dirección del capitán de fragata Finne Ronne, quien en conjunto con el FIDS la cartografió en el terreno. El nombre plataforma de hielo Lassiter fue aplicado por Ronne a la plataforma en la región W del mar de Weddell, la cual ha demostrado ser una continuación de aquella llamada anteriormente plataforma de hielo Filchner. El nombre Lassiter, por lo tanto ha sido aplicado por el US-ACAN a esta costa, en honor al capitán James W. Lassiter, de la entonces USAAF, quien como piloto Jefe fue un instrumento para todos los éxitos del programa de exploración aérea del RARE. Lassiter fue piloto en el vuelo al SW desde el cabo Adams, en el cual los descubrimientos geográficos se ampliaron a 77° 30' W, incluyendo la exploración de los acantilados Orville, y el vuelo al SE hasta 79° 00' S - 43° 45' W aproximadamente en el cual la región W y central de la plataforma de hielo Filchner bordeando la Tierra de Edith Ronne, fue esta la primera vez en que pudieron ser observadas y fotografiadas. Es aquella porción de la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins que se extiende desde cabo Mackintosh en Lat. 72° 53' S - Long. 60° 03' W a cabo Adams en Lat. 75° 04' S - Long. 62° 20' W.

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