George V Land
Australian antarctic claim
68°30′00″S 148°00′00″E / 68.5000°S 148.0000°E / -68.5000; 148.0000
George V Land is a segment of Antarctica part of the land claimed as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, inland from the George V Coast. As with other segments of Antarctica, it is defined by two lines of longitude, 142°02' E and 153°45' E,[1] and by the 60°S parallel.
This region was first explored by members of the Main Base party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) under Douglas Mawson, who named this feature for King George V of Australia.
References
- ^ "Antarctica Detail". Geographic Names Information System. USGS. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
External links
- Media related to George V Land at Wikimedia Commons
- George V Land Archived 2020-02-19 at the Wayback Machine on USGS website
- George V Land on SCAR website
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- Adélie Land (Fr.)
- Argentine Antarctica
- Australian Antarctic Territory
- Enderby
- Kemp
- Mac. Robertson
- Princess Elizabeth
- Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Queen Mary
- Wilkes
- George V
- Oates
- British Antarctic Territory
- Chilean Antarctic Territory
- Peter I Island (Nor.)
- Queen Maud Land (Nor.)
- Ross Dependency (N.Z.)
- New Swabia (Ger.)
- Yamato Yukihara (Jap.)
Proposed claims
- Brazilian Antarctica
- Uruguayan Antarctica
- American Antarctica
- Russian Antarctica
- Spanish Antarctica
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