Prince Harald Coast
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Prince Harald Coast is a portion of the coast of Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...

 encompassing Lutzow-Holm Bay
Lutzow-Holm Bay
Lutzow-Holm Bay is a large bay in Antarctica, about 120 miles wide, indenting the coast of Queen Maud Land between Riiser-Larsen Peninsula and the coastal angle immediately east of the Flatvaer Islands. It was discovered by Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in two airplane flights from his expedition...

, lying between Riiser-Larsen Peninsula
Riiser-Larsen Peninsula
Riiser-Larsen Peninsula is a large peninsula forming the western portal to Lutzow-Holm Bay and marking the separation of the Princess Ragnhild and Prince Harald Coasts. Named for Captain Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen who discovered the peninsula in a flight from the Norvegia on February 21, 1931....

, at 34° E, and the east entrance point of Lutzow-Holm Bay
Lutzow-Holm Bay
Lutzow-Holm Bay is a large bay in Antarctica, about 120 miles wide, indenting the coast of Queen Maud Land between Riiser-Larsen Peninsula and the coastal angle immediately east of the Flatvaer Islands. It was discovered by Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in two airplane flights from his expedition...

, marked by the coastal angle at 40° E. It was discovered during a flight on February 4, 1937, by Viggo Widerøe
Viggo Widerøe
Viggo Widerøe was a Norwegian aviator and entrepreneur. He founded Widerøe's Flyveselskap, Norway's third largest airline, in 1934. The airline is still in operation today.-Personal life:...

, Nils Romnaes, and Mrs. Ingrid Christensen of the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named after the infant son
Harald V of Norway
Harald V is the king of Norway. He succeeded to the throne of Norway upon the death of his father Olav V on 17 January 1991...

 of the Crown Prince of Norway
Olav V of Norway
Olav V was the king of Norway from 1957 until his death. A member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Olav was born in the United Kingdom as the son of King Haakon VII of Norway and Queen Maud of Norway...

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