English Coast is that portion of the coast of Antarctica between the north tip of Rydberg Peninsula

Rydberg Peninsula

Rydberg Peninsula is a broad ice-covered peninsula, 30 miles long, between Fladerer Bay and Carroll Inlet, Palmer Land. Rydberg Peninsula is located at . Rydberg Peninsula was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-1966...

 and Buttress Nunataks

Buttress Nunataks

The Buttress Nunataks are a group of prominent coastal nunataks, the highest at , lying inland from George VI Sound and west-northwest of the Seward Mountains, on the west coast of Palmer Land. They were first seen from a distance and roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition...

 (west side of Palmer Land

Palmer Land

Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...

). To the west is Bryan Coast

Bryan Coast

Bryan Coast is that portion of the coast of Antarctica along the south shore of the Bellingshausen Sea between Pfrogner Point and the northern tip of the Rydberg Peninsula. To the west is Eights Coast, and to the east is English Coast...

, and northward runs Rymill Coast

Rymill Coast

Rymill Coast is that portion of the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Jeremy and Buttress Nunataks. It runs northward from English Coast and east of Alexander Island across George VI Sound...

 east of Alexander Island

Alexander Island

Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...

 across George VI Sound

George VI Sound

George VI Sound or Canal Jorge VI or Canal Presidente Sarmiento or Canal Seaver or King George VI Sound or King George the Sixth Sound is a major bay/fault depression, 300 miles long in the shape of the letter J, which skirts the east and south shores of Alexander Island, separating it from the...

. This coast was discovered and explored in 1940, on land by Finn Ronne

Finn Ronne

Finn Ronne was a U.S. Antarctic explorer.-Background:Finn Ronne was born in Horten, in Vestfold county, Norway. His father, Martin Rønne , was a polar explorer and served in Roald Amundsen's successful expedition to the South Pole...

 and C.R. Eklund

Carl R. Eklund

Carl R. Eklund was a leading American specialist in ornithology and geographic research in both the north and south polar regions.From 1939-41 he served as ornithologist at the East Base of the U.S. Antarctic Service. This was the first modern US. Government-sponsored expedition to Antarctica, and...

 and from the air by other members of the East Base of the US Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. It was originally named "Robert English Coast" after Capt. Robert A.J. English, USN, Executive Secretary of the USAS, 1939-41, and formerly Captain of the Bear of Oakland on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35. The name is shortened for the sake of brevity.