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Location of the Borchgrevink Coast (marked in orange) within the Ross Dependency

The Borchgrevink Coast is that portion of the coast of Victoria Land between Cape Adare and Cape Washington. The name was recommended by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 after Carsten Borchgrevink, a member of Henrik Johan Bull's expedition to this area, 1894–95, and leader of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, the first to winter on the continent, at Cape Adare.

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Borchgrevink Coast

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The Borchgrevink Coast is that portion of the coast of Victoria Land between Cape Adare and Cape Washington. The name was recommended by the New Zealand...

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Carsten Borchgrevink

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Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1 December 1864 – 21 April 1934) was a Norwegian polar explorer and a pioneer of Antarctic travel. He inspired Sir Robert...

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Borchgrevink

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Borchgrevink Nunatak, a nunatak Borchgrevink Coast, an area in the arctic Borchgrevink Canyon, an undersea canyon Mount Borchgrevink, an arctic mountain This...

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Borchgrevink Glacier

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Borchgrevink Glacier (73°4′S 168°30′E / 73.067°S 168.500°E / -73.067; 168.500 (Borchgrevink Glacier)) is a large glacier in the Victory Mountains...

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Borchgrevink Canyon

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of Iselin Bank in the Ross Sea. It was named in association with Borchgrevink Coast, the name being approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features...

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Cape Adare

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Land, East Antarctica. Marking the north end of Borchgrevink Coast and the west end of Pennell Coast, the cape separates the Ross Sea to the east from...

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Mount Francis

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Mount Francis (72°13′S 168°45′E / 72.217°S 168.750°E / -72.217; 168.750 (Mount Francis)) is a massive, ridgelike mountain, 2,610 metres (8,560 ft)...

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Mount Freeman

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Mountains above the Borchgrevink Glacier to the south. It is at the center of a line of mountains to the north of the Borchgrevink Glacier from which alternating...

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Slagle Ridge

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Slagle Ridge (71°55′S 169°50′E / 71.917°S 169.833°E / -71.917; 169.833 (Slagle Ridge)) is a high and massive snow-covered ridge between Slone Glacier...

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Adare Peninsula

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peninsula is considered the southernmost point of the Borchgrevink Coast, named for Carsten Borchgrevink (1864-1934).[citation needed] The Adare Peninsula...

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Millen Range

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The Millen Range (72°20′S 166°15′E / 72.333°S 166.250°E / -72.333; 166.250 (Millen Range)) is a prominent northwest–southeast trending mountain range...

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Saxby Range

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The Saxby Range (72°4′S 167°8′E / 72.067°S 167.133°E / -72.067; 167.133 (Saxby Range)) is a broad mountain range, rising to 2,450 metres (8,040 ft)...

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Aviator Glacier

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Glacier into the Ross Sea, between Wood Bay and Lady Newnes Bay along the coast of Victoria Land. The name was recommended by US-ACAN in association with...

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Eureka Spurs

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Random Hills

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The Random Hills (74°7′S 164°25′E / 74.117°S 164.417°E / -74.117; 164.417 (Random Hills)) are a group of rugged hills in Victoria Land, Antarctica...

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Mount Overlord

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Cape Christie

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Cape Hallett, marking the west side of the entrance to Edisto Inlet on the coast of Victoria Land. It was discovered, January 15, 1841, by Sir James Clark...

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Tucker Glacier

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72.617°S 169.750°E / -72.617; 169.750. An ice-filled inlet identing the coast of Victoria Land between Cape Wheatstone and Cape Daniell. Discovered in...

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Trigon Bluff

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Cape Polar Star

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Cape Polar Sea

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Mountaineer Range

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The Mountaineer Range (73°28′S 166°15′E / 73.467°S 166.250°E / -73.467; 166.250 (Mountaineer Range)) is the range of mountains lying between the Mariner...

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Barker Range

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Barker Range (72°32′S 166°10′E / 72.533°S 166.167°E / -72.533; 166.167 (Barker Range)) is a mountain range trending northwest–southeast and including...

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Malta Plateau

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tributaries to Trafalgar Glacier, and on the east by tributaries to Borchgrevink Glacier. The Malta Plateau was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names...

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Mount Melbourne

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gone. The mountain is covered with permanent ice, which extends to the coast and leaves only a few exposures of the underlying rock; rocky outcrops are...

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Mount Noice

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Monteath Hills

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The Monteath Hills (72°6′S 166°30′E / 72.100°S 166.500°E / -72.100; 166.500 (Monteath Hills)) are a group of mountains in the Victory Mountains of...

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Hallett Peninsula

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to the mainland. To the east, Mount Vernon Harcourt overlooks the south coast, which extends to Cape Wheatstone. North of this cape, Quarterdeck Ridge...

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Cartographers Range

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Cartographers Range (72°21′S 167°50′E / 72.350°S 167.833°E / -72.350; 167.833 (Cartographers Range)) is a rugged range about 25 nautical miles (46 km;...

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