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Coats Land is a region in Antarctica which lies westward of Queen Maud Land and forms the eastern shore of the Weddell Sea, extending in a general northeast-southwest direction between 20º00´W and 36º00´W. The northeast part was discovered from the Scotia by William S. Bruce, leader of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-04. He gave the name Coats Land for James Coats, Jr., and Major Andrew Coats, the two chief supporters of the expedition. Download high resolution version (502x617, 52 KB)Antarctica map, adapted by Lupo from the CIA factbook maps. ... Download high resolution version (502x617, 52 KB)Antarctica map, adapted by Lupo from the CIA factbook maps. ... Dronning Maud Land (or Queen Maud Land) is the part of Antarctica lying between 20°W and 45°E, with a land area of approximately 2,500,000 km². This territory was claimed by Norway on January 14, 1939, but this claim, like all others in the Antarctic, is not... The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean. ... William Speirs Bruce (1867-1921) was a London-born Scottish polar scientist and oceanographer. ...

In December 1914 and January 1915, Ernest Shackleton in the Endurance continued the exploration southward, joining Bruce's discovery to land which Wilhelm Filchner had discovered from the Deutschland in 1912. Ernest Henry Shackleton The Discovery During the Discovery expedition, Shackleton made the first balloon flight over Antarctica Four men from Nimrod (left to right): Frank Wild, Shackleton, Eric Marshall, and Jameson Adams Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (February 15, 1874 – January 5, 1922) was an Irish-born British explorer, now chiefly... Wilhelm Filchner (September 13, 1877 - May 7, 1957) was a German explorer. ...

Caird Coast is that portion of the coast of Coats Land lying between the terminus of Stancomb-Wills Glacier, in 20º00´W, and the vicinity of the Hayes Glacier, in 27º54´W. Shackleton named it for Sir James Key Caird, patron of the expedition. Hayes Glacier enters the SE part of Weddell Sea about 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Dawson-Lambton Glacier. ... Sir James Key Caird (1837 - 1916) was a jute baron and philanthropist. ...