Amundsen Coast

Amundsen Coast is a portion of the coast to the south of the Ross Ice Shelf lying between Morris Peak, on the east side of Liv Glacier, and the west side of the Scott [Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains)|Scott Glacier]. Named by New [Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee] in 1961 for Captain Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer who led his own expedition in 1910-12 to the Antarctic. Setting up a base at Framheim at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf, he sledged southward across the shelf and discovered a route up the Axel [Heiberg Glacier] along this coast to reach the polar plateau. He was the first to reach the South Pole, doing so on December 14, 1911.