Kemp Coast is that portion of the coast of
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...
that lies between the head of
Edward VIII Bay, at 56°25′E, and
William Scoresby Bay William Scoresby Bay is a coastal embayment at the western side of William Scoresby Archipelago, Antarctica. It is long and wide, with shores marked by steep rock headlands and snow-free hills rising to 210 m. The practical limits of the bay ...
, at 59°34′E. It is named for a British sealing captain,
Peter Kemp, who discovered land in this vicinity in 1833.
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References
Coasts of Antarctica
Landforms of Kemp Land
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