Graham Coast
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Graham Coast is the portion of the west coast of Graham Land
in Antarctic Peninsula
, extending 172 km between Cape Bellue
to the southwest and Cape Renard
to the northeast.
The coast is named after Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty during the early exploration of the area by John Biscoe
.
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
in Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....
, extending 172 km between Cape Bellue
Cape Bellue
Cape Bellue is a cape which forms the north side of the entrance to Darbel Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. Discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot, and named by him for Admiral Bellue, Superintendent of the Dockyard at Cherbourg, France....
to the southwest and Cape Renard
Cape Renard
Cape Renard is a cape forming the south side of the entrance to Flandres Bay and separating the Danco and Graham Coasts on the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Situated on the minor Renard Island just off the north extremity of Kiev Peninsula, and surmounted by Una's Tits. Discovered in 1898 by...
to the northeast.
The coast is named after Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty during the early exploration of the area by John Biscoe
John Biscoe
John Biscoe was an English mariner and explorer who commanded the first expedition known to have sighted the areas named Enderby Land and Graham Land along the coast of Antarctica...
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Location
Graham Coast is centred at 65°45′S 64°00′W. British mapping in 1971-76.Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1971.
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 65 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 66 64. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1976.