70°45′S 12°30′E / 70.750°S 12.500°E / -70.750; 12.500 Princess Astrid Coast ( Norwegian : Prinsesse Astrid Kyst ) is a portion of the coast of Queen Maud Land , Antarctica , lying between 5° and 20° E. The entire coast is bordered by ice shelves. The region was discovered by Capt. H. Halvorsen of the Sevilla (ship) in March 1931 and in 1932 was named for Princess Astrid of Norway . The ice of the continental glacier is up to 4,000 meters thick in the interior. These thick glaciers are held in place by coastal mountain ranges. On the Princess Astrid Coast, some of the ice does flow through the mountains, spilling onto the relatively flat land on the Princess Astrid Coast. Also, the cold air spills over the mountains, creating very strong and persistent winds, which makes the snow scour off the tops of the glaciers leaving pale blue patches of bare ice. On top of the coastal line is the ice shelf , which is much smoother. The glacial ice floats on the sea surface which is beyond the chaotic surface of the sea ice which has been solidifying all winter long.
6-816: Off the Princess Astrid Coast are the Lazarev Sea and Riiser-Larsen Sea , both marginal seas of the Southern Ocean . According to the Norwegian point of view, King Haakon VII Sea stretches in that place and along the entire coast of Queen Maud land . The central part of Princess Astrid Coast lies the Schiermacher Oasis , where the Soviet Novolazarevskaia scientific station has been operating since 1961 and
12-595: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lazarev Sea The Lazarev Sea (Russian: Море Лазарева , More Lazareva ) is a proposed name for a marginal sea of the Southern Ocean . It would be bordered by two proposals from a 2002 International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) draft, a King Haakon VII Sea to the west and a Riiser-Larsen Sea to the east, or between the Prime Meridian of 0° and 14°E. It would stretch over an area of 929,000 km (359,000 sq mi). The Lazarev Sea
18-869: The Indian Maitri (research station) has been operating since 1989. Previously (1959–1961) the Soviet Lazarev Station operated in the Princess Astrid Coast region. The Coast was discovered in 1931 by Norwegian whalers and was named after a Norwegian princess who was called Princess Astrid. Since 1959 the Princess Astrid Coast has been a region of systematic research by the Soviet antarctic expeditions . [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Princess Astrid Coast" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . [REDACTED] This Princess Astrid Coast location article
24-584: The name, including the 2014 10th edition World Atlas from National Geographic Society and the 2014 12th edition of the Times Atlas of the World . But Soviet and Russian-state maps do. The prevailing depth of waters in the Lazarev Sea is 3,000 m (9,800 ft), and the maximum depth exceeds 4,500 m (14,800 ft). It stretches over an area of 929,000 km (359,000 sq mi). To
30-406: The south of the Lazarev Sea lies Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land . The Lazarev Sea is a continental margin affected by multiple rifting episodes accompanied with transient volcanism. The Lazarev sea is also known to be very poor in sediment . 68°00′S 7°00′E / 68.000°S 7.000°E / -68.000; 7.000 This Queen Maud Land location article
36-613: Was named in 1962 by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in memory of Russian admiral Mikhail Lazarev (1788–1851), who discovered the Antarctic mainland with Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1820. The 2002 IHO draft was never approved by the IHO (or any other organization), and the 1953 IHO document (which does not contain this name) remains currently in force. Leading geographic authorities and atlases do not use
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