词条 | Lassiter Coast |
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The name was applied by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain James W. Lassiter of the then 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 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 and the west and central edge of the Filchner Ice Shelf were sighted and photographed for the first time.References}}{{usgs-gazetteer|id=8565}}{{coord|73|45|S|62|0|W|source:GNIS|display=title}}{{PalmerLand-geo-stub}} 2 : Coasts of Palmer Land|Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf |
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