:Shackleton Coast
{{Short description|Portion of the coast of Antarctica}}
Shackleton Coast is that portion of the coast along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf between Cape Selborne and Airdrop Peak at the east side of Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1961 after Sir Ernest Shackleton. He accompanied Scott on the southern journey during the Discovery expedition (1901–04) and subsequently led three Antarctic expeditions. On the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09), Shackleton discovered the area beyond Shackleton Inlet to the Beardmore Glacier, and was the first to find a practicable route to the South Pole. Lack of food stopped him 97 miles (180 km) from his goal.
Further reading
- Ute Christina Herzfeld, [https://books.google.com/books?id=fIrcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA242 Atlas of Antarctica: Topographic Maps from Geostatistical Analysis of Satellite Radar Altimeter Data], P 243
- Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, [https://books.google.com/books?id=5Xk482GKlQsC&pg=PA709 The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water], PP 162, 427, 709
External links
- [https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:13618 Shackleton Coast] on USGS website
- [https://adam.antarcticanz.govt.nz/nodes/view/21754 Shackleton Coast] on the Antarctica New Zealand Digital Asset Manager website
- [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/search_names_action.cfm?search_text=13064&feature_type_code=0&country_id=0&relic_options=include_relics&north=-45.0&south=-90.0&west=-180.0&east=180.0&search_near=&radius=0.5&gazetteers=SCAR Shackleton Coast] on SCAR website
- [https://geographic.org/geographic_names/antname.php?uni=13618&fid=antgeo_121 Shackleton Coast area satellite image]
- [https://www.oldmapsonline.org/#bbox=158.53162682383365,-84.40569617610457,166.6241561207087,-80.34282805781845&q=&date_from=0&date_to=9999&scale_from=&scale_to= Shackleton Coast] on "oldmapsonline"
References
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Category:Coasts of the Ross Dependency
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