Shirase Coast

{{Infobox place geography | name = Shirase Coast | continent = Antartica | region = [[Ross Ice Shelf]] and [[Ross Sea]] | coordinates = {{coord|78|30|S|156|00|W|region:Antartica}} }}

'''Shirase Coast''' ({{coord|78|30|S|156|0|W|scale:4000000|display=inline,title}}) is the north segment of the relatively ill-defined coast along the east side of [[Ross Ice Shelf]] and [[Ross Sea]], lying between the north end of [[Siple Coast]] (about {{coord|80|10|S|151|00|W|}}) and [[Cape Colbeck]]. Named by [[NZ-APC]] in 1961 after Lieutenant [[Nobu Shirase]] (1861–1946), leader of the Japanese expedition, whose ship ''Kainan Maru'' sailed near this coast in January 1912. Landings were made at [[Kainan Bay]] and at the [[Bay of Whales]], the origin of a 160-mile journey southeast on Ross Ice Shelf. From {{coord|76|56|S|155|55|W|}} (off [[Edward VII Peninsula]]), another party landed for a sledge trip to the edge of the [[Queen Alexandra Range]].

==See also== *[[Shirase Bank]]

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{{West Antarctica}} [[Category:Coasts of the Ross Dependency]] [[Category:King Edward VII Land]]