Shirase Coast

Shirase Coast (78°30′S 156°0′W / 78.500°S 156.000°W / -78.500; -156.000) is the north segment of the relatively ill-defined coast along the east side of Ross Ice Shelf and Ross Sea, lying between the north end of Siple Coast (about 80°10′S 151°00′W / 80.167°S 151.000°W / -80.167; -151.000) and Cape Colbeck.Named by NZ-APC in 1961 after Lieutenant Nobu Shirase (1861–1946), leader of the Japanese expedition, whose ship Kainan Maru sailed near this coast in January 1912.From 76°56′S 155°55′W / 76.933°S 155.917°W / -76.933; -155.917 (off Edward VII Peninsula), another party landed for a sledge trip to the edge of the Queen Alexandra Range.This article incorporates public domain material from "Shirase Coast".This Ross Dependency location article is a stub.
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