Borchgrevink Coast

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 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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    Coordinates: 73°0′S 169°30′E / 73.000°S 169.500°E / -73.000; 169.500


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