# Lassiter Coast

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{{Short description|Portion of Antarctic coast}}
thumb|Location of Lassiter Coast 
The '''Lassiter Coast''' is the portion of the east coast of the [Antarctic Peninsula](/source/Antarctic_Peninsula) that extends from [Cape Mackintosh](/source/Cape_Mackintosh) to [Cape Adams](/source/Cape_Adams). The northern portion of this coast was discovered and photographed from the air by the [United States Antarctic Service](/source/United_States_Antarctic_Service) in 1940. During 1947 the entire extent of the coast was photographed from the air by the [Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition](/source/Ronne_Antarctic_Research_Expedition) (RARE) under [Finn Ronne](/source/Finn_Ronne), who in conjunction with the [Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey](/source/Falkland_Islands_Dependencies_Survey) charted it from the ground.

The name was applied by the [Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names](/source/Advisory_Committee_on_Antarctic_Names) for Captain [James W. Lassiter](/source/James_W._Lassiter) of the then [United States Army Air Forces](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Forces), who as chief pilot was instrumental in the overall success of the RARE aerial exploratory program. Lassiter was the pilot not only on the flight southwest from Cape Adams, on which geographic discovery was extended to 
{{Coord|76|0|S|72|30|W}} (the [Mount Hassage](/source/Mount_Hassage) area), but also on the flight southeast to about {{coord|79|0|S|43|45|W}}, on which the seaward edge of the [Ronne Ice Shelf](/source/Ronne_Ice_Shelf) and the west and central edge of the [Filchner Ice Shelf](/source/Filchner_Ice_Shelf) were sighted and photographed for the first time.<ref name=gnis/>

==See also==
*[Piggott Peninsula](/source/Piggott_Peninsula)

==References==
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<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 8565| name = Lassiter Coast | accessdate = 2013-06-03}}</ref>
}}

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{{Coasts of the Antarctic Peninsula}}
{{Coord|73|45|S|62|0|W|source:GNIS|display=title}}

Category:Coasts of Palmer Land
Category:Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf

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