| VESPUCCI | Amerigo, Florentine navigator noted for his exploration of the coast of South America (8) |
| BOONE | Daniel, early U.S. frontiersman noted for his exploration of Kentucky (5) |
| BYRD | Richard E, U.S. naval officer and aviator noted for his explorations of Antarctica (4) |
| HUMBOLDT | Name for the cold-water current of the southeast Pacific Ocean running along the western coast of South America. Except during El Nino periods, this current brings fog to the nearby coast but also hel |
| PALENQUE | In 1839, Frederick Catherwood and John Lloyd Stephens found the city of Copan. They continued on their exploration of the Yucatan Peninsula and found "The Temple of the Inscriptions" in this ruined ci |
| CAPEFEAR | Promontory of the coast of North Carolina which has lent its name to two horror films (4,4) |
| THEANDES | Major mountain system extending along the west coast of South America (3,5) |
| HEADLAND | An outstanding part of the coast (8) |
| MURDOCH | Anglo-Irish novelist who taught philosophy at Oxford for some 15 years, later winning the Booker Prize for her exploration of the human psyche in The Sea, The Sea (7) |
| RESEARCH | In-depth exploration of a subject |
| OLDMAN | - of Ho ,450ft rock stack of the coast of the Scottish Orkneys Islands (3, 3) |
| COOK | James, naval captain noted for his explorations on HMS Endeavour (4) |
| SPICES | The trade of what substances motivated 15th-century European exploration of the East? (6) |
| TAO | 1975 book "The ___ of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism" |
| BIGSUR | Rugged, mountainous section of the coast of California (3,3) |
| ARUBA | Dutch territory just off the coast of South America |
| SPANISHMAIN | Former name of the northern coast of South America between the Orinoco River and Panama (7,4) |
| RIVERPLATE | English name for an estuary on the south-east coast of South America (5,5) |
| BAHIA | Part of the coast of Brazil |
| ENCOUNTERBAY | Where, off the coast of South Australia, did Matthew Flinders meet the French explorer Nicolas Baudin on April 8, 1802? (9,3) |
