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Feature Name (see definition): Gould Coast Feature Class (see definition): Beach Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 5881 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 84° 30' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 150° 00' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -84.5 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -150 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964 Description (see definition): That portion of the coast along the E margin of the Ross Ice Shelf between the W side of Scott Glacier and the S end of Siple Coast (8330S, 15300W). Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1961 for Laurence M. Gould, a geologist who was second-in-command of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928-30. Gould led the Geological Party which in 1929 mapped 175 miles of this coast. While president of Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, he was appointed Chairman of the U.S. National Committee for the IGY and took a prominent part in planning the United States research program for Antarctica. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Gould Coast in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gould Coast information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gould Coast should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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