Foyn Coast

The Foyn Coast is that portion of the east coast of the between Cape Alexander and . It was discovered in 1893 by a Norwegian expedition under Captain Carl Anton Larsen, who named it for Svend Foyn, a Norwegian whaler of whose invention of the grenade harpoon greatly facilitated modern whaling.
Wikipedia
  • Shore
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,392 metres (4,567 feet)
  • Description: antarctic Peninsula coast

Foyn Coast

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Latitude
-66.666° or 66° 39′ 58″ south
Longitude
-64.333° or 64° 19′ 59″ west
Open location code
375Q8MM8+JR
Geo­Names ID
6633393
Wiki­data ID
Q2815477

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Foyn Coast” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Foyn kostaldea”
  • Bulgarian: “Бряг Фойн”
  • Cebuano: “Foyn”
  • Chinese: “弗因海岸”
  • Dutch: “Foyn Coast”
  • French: “Foyn Coast”
  • German: “Foyn Coast”
  • German: “Foyn-Küste”
  • Hebrew: “חוף פוין”
  • Italian: “costa di Foyn”
  • Italian: “Costa di Foyn”
  • Latvian: “Foina krasts”
  • Latvian: “Foyn Coast”
  • Latvian: “Foyn”
  • Low German: “Foyn Coast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Foyn Coast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Foyn Land”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Foyn Coast”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Foyn Land”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Foynkysten”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svend Foyn Coast”
  • Norwegian: “Foyn Coast”
  • Polish: “Foyn Coast”
  • Polish: “Wybrzeże Foyna”
  • Spanish: “Costa Foyn”
  • Spanish: “Foyn, costa”
  • Swedish: “Foyn Coast”
  • Swedish: “Foyn”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Friederichsen Glacier and Hulth, Mount.

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