
Caird Coast
(Coats Land)
British Antarctic Territory
Location: 75° 51' 37" S 24° 36' 23" W
NW coast of Coats Land (q.v.) between c. 76°40'S 28°20'W and 74°00'S 20°00'W (at Lyddan Ice Rise), i.e., between Luitpold Coast (q.v.) and Kronprinsesse Martha Kyst, Dronning Maud Land. The part of the coast W of 23 00'W (Bruce Coast, q.v.) was discovered and charted by British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in January 1915, and the part between c. 76 40'S 28 20'W and c. 74 00'S 22 30'W was named after [Sir] James Caird (1864-1954), shipowner and jute manufacturer of Dundee, who subscribed towards the cost of the expedition. The coast was further charted by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-57. The coast was recharted from USLANDSAT and NOAA imagery, 1973-79.