Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeatureCoastNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionThat portion of the coast of Victoria Land lying between Minna Bluff on the north to Cape Selborne in the south.
Named for Sir Edmund Hillary, the Himalyan and Antarctic explorer who led the New Zealand Party of the TAE. The various New Zealand parties which carried out detailed surveys of different parts of this area added greately to the knowledge of the region. The Skelton and Darwin Glacier routes to the Polar Plateau both of which were pioneered by New Zealand Parties, lie in this area.