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Scott Coast
Scott Coast
is that portion of the coast of
Victoria Land
between
Cape Washington
and
Minna Bluff
. Named by
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC) in 1961 after Captain
Robert Falcon Scott
,
Royal Navy
, leader of the
Discovery expedition
(1901–04) and the
British Antarctic Expedition (1910-13)
, who lost his life on the return journey from the
South Pole
. Much of the early exploration of this coastline was accomplished by Scott and his colleagues, and many of the names in the region were bestowed by him.
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