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Eights Coast
Eights Coast
is that portion of the coast of
West Antarctica
between
Cape Waite
and
Pfrogner Point
. To the west is the
Walgreen Coast
of
Marie Byrd Land
, and to the east is
Bryan Coast
. It is part of
Ellsworth Land
and stretches between 103°24'W and 89°35'W. This coast is bordered by
Thurston Island
,
Abbot Ice Shelf
and some islands within the ice shelf, and for most of its length washed by
Bellingshausen Sea
, and west of Thurston Island by
Amundsen Sea
. Most of Eights Coast is not claimed by any nation, like Marie Byrd Land, the large region west of it. Only in the east, Eights Coast touches the
sector claimed
by
Chile
as part of its southernmost province.
Peter I Island
, 450 km north of the coast, is claimed by
Norway
as a dependency.
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