Borchgrevink Coast

The Borchgrevink Coast is a portion of the coastline between and . 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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  • Shore
  • …lies at an elevation of 34 metres (112 feet)
  • Description: portion of coast of Antarctica

Borchgrevink Coast

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Latitude
-73° or 73° south
Longitude
168.5° or 168° 30′ east
Open location code
2VVC2G22+22
Geo­Names ID
6628004
Wiki­data ID
Q3366591

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Borchgrevink Coast” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Бряг Борхгревинк”
  • Cebuano: “Borchgrevink Coast”
  • Chinese: “博克格雷溫克海岸”
  • French: “Côte de Borchgrevink”
  • Georgian: “ბორხგრევინკის ნაპირი”
  • German: “Borchgrevink-Küste”
  • Hebrew: “חוף בורכגרווינק”
  • Hebrew: “חוף בורשקרווינק”
  • Italian: “costa di Borchgrevink”
  • Italian: “Costa di Borchgrevink”
  • Latvian: “Borchgrevink Coast”
  • Latvian: “Borkgrevinka krasts”
  • Macedonian: “Борхгревинков Брег”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Borchgrevink Coast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Borchgrevinkkysten”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borchgrevink Coast”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borchgrevinkkysten”
  • Norwegian: “Borchgrevinkkysten”
  • Polish: “Wybrzeże Borchgrevinka”
  • Slovenian: “Borchgrevinkova obala”
  • Spanish: “Costa Borchgrevink”
  • Spanish: “Costa de Borchgrevink”
  • Swedish: “Borchgrevink Coast”
  • Turkish: “Borchgrevink Sahili”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Borchgrevink Glacier and Prior, Mount.

Antarctica: Highlights

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