27 January 1820
Discovery of Antarctica
Records sighting ice-covered Antarctic land during the Russian expedition, one of the earliest sightings of the continent
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Princess Martha Coast in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Records sighting ice-covered Antarctic land during the Russian expedition, one of the earliest sightings of the continent
Commands Mirny alongside Bellingshausen's Vostok during the Russian sighting of Antarctic land
Provenance
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