Oscar II Coast
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Oscar II Coast is that portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula
between Cape Fairweather
and Cape Alexander
. Discovered in 1893 by Captain C.A. Larsen, who named it for King Oscar II of Norway and Sweden.
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....
between Cape Fairweather
Cape Fairweather
Cape Fairweather is a cape 705 m high, which is ice covered except for rocky exposures along its southeast and east sides, lying midway between Drygalski Glacier and Evans Glacier on the east coast of Graham Land...
and Cape Alexander
Cape Alexander
Cape Alexander is a cape which forms the south end of Churchill Peninsula and the east side of the entrance to Cabinet Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land. It was charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in...
. Discovered in 1893 by Captain C.A. Larsen, who named it for King Oscar II of Norway and Sweden.