Princess Martha Coast
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Princess Martha Coast is that portion of the coast of Queen Maud Land
lying between 05° E and the terminus of Stancomb-Wills Glacier
, at 20° W. The entire coastline is bounded by ice shelves with ice cliffs 20 to 35 m high.
Princess Martha Coast was the first portion of Antarctic mainland discovered by a human, Fabian von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev in 1820. The name "Crown Princess Martha Land" was originally applied by Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen
to that section of the coast in the vicinity of Cape Norvegia
which he discovered from the Norvegia and roughly charted from the air during February 1930.
It is named in honour of Crown Princess Märtha of Norway
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Troll (research station)
is located in the eastern part, 235 km from the coast.
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
lying between 05° E and the terminus of Stancomb-Wills Glacier
Stancomb-Wills Glacier
Stancomb-Wills Glacier is a large glacier that debouches into eastern Weddell Sea southward of Lyddan Island. The glacier was discovered in the course of the U.S. Navy LC-130 plane flight over the coast on November 5, 1967, and was plotted by United States Geological Survey from photographs...
, at 20° W. The entire coastline is bounded by ice shelves with ice cliffs 20 to 35 m high.
Princess Martha Coast was the first portion of Antarctic mainland discovered by a human, Fabian von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev in 1820. The name "Crown Princess Martha Land" was originally applied by Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen
Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen
Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen was a Norwegian aviation pioneer, polar explorer and businessman. Among his achievements, he is generally regarded as the founder of the Royal Norwegian Air Force....
to that section of the coast in the vicinity of Cape Norvegia
Cape Norvegia
Cape Norvegia is a prominent cape on Princess Martha Coast of Queen Maud Land. It marks the northeast extremity of Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf in East Antarctica, and the border point of Weddell Sea and King Haakon VII Sea.. It was discovered by Commander Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in February 1930 while on...
which he discovered from the Norvegia and roughly charted from the air during February 1930.
It is named in honour of Crown Princess Märtha of Norway
Princess Märtha of Sweden
Princess Märtha of Sweden , full name Märtha Sofia Lovisa Dagmar Thyra was the granddaughter of King Oscar II of Sweden and the consort of Crown Prince Olav of Norway . She was the first Crown Princess of Norway in modern times who was not also Crown Princess of Sweden or Denmark...
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Troll (research station)
Troll (research station)
Troll is a research station located at Jutulsessen, from the coast in the eastern part of Princess Martha Coast in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It is Norway's only all-year research station in Antarctica, and is supplemented by the summer-only station Tor...
is located in the eastern part, 235 km from the coast.