Leopold and Astrid Coast [SEP] continent
Leopold and Astrid Coast
The Leopold and Astrid Coast () is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between the western extremity of the West Ice Shelf, at 81°24′E, and Cape Penck, at 87°43′E. It is located in the eastern half of Princess Elizabeth Land. It was discovered and explored in an airplane flight from the Norwegian ship "Thorshavn" on January 17, 1934, by Lieutenant Alf Gunnestad and Captain Nils Larsen. The coast was named by Lars Christensen, Norwegian whaling magnate and leader
According to the "Great Soviet Encyclopedia", it stretches from 87°E to 98°E, and is up to deep. Its area is given as only . Other authorities such as National Geographic assign it a much smaller extent.
It washes the coast of Princess Elizabeth Land (there only Leopold and Astrid Coast), Kaiser Wilhelm II Land, Pravda Coast and Queen Mary Land.
The never-approved 2002 draft fourth edition of "Limits of Oceans and Seas" identifies that the Tryoshnikova Gulf (