Claim: Bakutis Coast is bounded by several large ice-covered islands and the very extensive ice shelf and was sighted by members of the US Antarctic Service from 1929 to 1941.
Evidence: This coast was sighted by members of the US Antarctic Service, 1939–41, and was charted in part from air photos taken by Operation Highjump, 1946–47, both expeditions led by Admiral Richard E. Byrd.