Budd Coast

{{Short description|Shoreline area in Antarctica}} thumb|Location of '''Budd Coast''' (red) in Wilkes Land, Australian Antarctic Territory. [[File:Knox, Budd and Sabrina Coasts, Antarctica.jpg|thumb|280px|NASA MODIS satellite image of Knox, Budd and Sabrina coasts]] '''Budd Coast''' ({{coord|66|30|S|112|0|E|scale:4000000_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}), part of Wilkes Land, is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between the Hatch Islands, at 109°16'E, and Cape Waldron, at 115°33'E. It was discovered in February 1840 by the U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under the leadership of Lieutenant Charles Wilkes,<ref name=Stanton>{{cite book|last1=Stanton|first1=William|title=The Great United States Exploring Expedition|date=1975|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=0520025571|pages=[https://archive.org/details/greatunitedstate00will/page/175 175]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/greatunitedstate00will/page/175}}</ref> and named by Wilkes for Thomas A. Budd, Acting Master of the sloop ''Peacock'', one of the ships used on the expedition. A portion of the Puget Sound, Budd Inlet, is also named for Thomas Budd.

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Category:Coasts of Antarctica Category:Landforms of Wilkes Land