# Shackleton Coast

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{{Short description|Portion of the coast of Antarctica}}
thumb|right|250px|Location of Shackleton Coast (marked in orange) within the Ross Dependency
'''Shackleton Coast''' is the portion of the coast along the west side of the [Ross Ice Shelf](/source/Ross_Ice_Shelf) between [Cape Selborne](/source/Cape_Selborne) and [Airdrop Peak](/source/Airdrop_Peak) at the east side of [Beardmore Glacier](/source/Beardmore_Glacier) in [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). Named by [New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee](/source/New_Zealand_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee) (NZ-APC) in 1961 after [Sir Ernest Shackleton](/source/Sir_Ernest_Shackleton). He accompanied Scott on the southern journey during the ''Discovery'' expedition (1901–04) and subsequently led three Antarctic expeditions. On the [British Antarctic Expedition](/source/Nimrod_Expedition) (1907–09), Shackleton discovered the area beyond [Shackleton Inlet](/source/Shackleton_Inlet) to the [Beardmore Glacier](/source/Beardmore_Glacier), and was the first to find a practicable route to the [South Pole](/source/South_Pole). Lack of food stopped him 97 miles (180 km) from his goal.

== Further reading ==
* Ute Christina Herzfeld, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=fIrcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA242 Atlas of Antarctica: Topographic Maps from Geostatistical Analysis of Satellite Radar Altimeter Data]'', P 243
* Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=5Xk482GKlQsC&pg=PA709 The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water]'', PP 162, 427, 709

== External links ==

* [https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:13618 Shackleton Coast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601162157/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:0::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:13618 |date=2020-06-01 }} on [USGS](/source/USGS) website
* [https://adam.antarcticanz.govt.nz/nodes/view/21754 Shackleton Coast] on the Antarctica [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) Digital Asset Manager website
* [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/search_names_action.cfm?search_text=13064&feature_type_code=0&country_id=0&relic_options=include_relics&north=-45.0&south=-90.0&west=-180.0&east=180.0&search_near=&radius=0.5&gazetteers=SCAR Shackleton Coast] on [SCAR](/source/Scientific_Committee_on_Antarctic_Research) website
* [https://geographic.org/geographic_names/antname.php?uni=13618&fid=antgeo_121 Shackleton Coast area satellite image]
* [https://www.oldmapsonline.org/#bbox=158.53162682383365,-84.40569617610457,166.6241561207087,-80.34282805781845&q=&date_from=0&date_to=9999&scale_from=&scale_to= Shackleton Coast] on "oldmapsonline"

== References ==
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Category:Shackleton Coast
Category:Coasts of the Ross Dependency

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