Clarie Coast, called Wilkes Coast by Australia, () is that portion of the coast of
Wilkes Land
Wilkes Land is a large district of land in eastern Antarctica, formally claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, though this claim has been held in abeyance for the period of the operation of the Antarctic Treaty, to wh ...
lying between
Cape Morse, at 130°10′E, and
Pourquoi Pas Point, at 136°11′E. It was discovered in January 1840 by Captain
Jules Dumont d'Urville
Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French List of explorers, explorer and French Navy, naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. As a botanist an ...
, who recognized the existence of land lying south of the ice cliffs to which he applied the name Côte de Clarie, after the wife (Claire-Fortunée Roze) of
Charles Jacquinot, the captain of his second ship, the ''Zélée''.
It was also spotted by the
US Exploring Expedition in Feb. 1840.
References
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Coasts of Antarctica
Landforms of Wilkes Land
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