Graham Land

American  

noun

1. a part of the British Antarctic Territory, in the northern section of the Antarctic Peninsula: formerly the British name for the entire peninsula.

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Graham Land British  

noun

1. the N part of the Antarctic Peninsula: became part of the British Antarctic Territory in 1962 (formerly part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies; claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty)

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Example Sentences

An Antarctic cormorant on western Graham Land was also infected yet apparently unharmed.

From Science Magazine

The settlement, on Graham Land at the northern end of the Antarctic Peninsula, is called the Esperanza Base.

From New York Times

Palmer’s Land, extended into the Antarctic Circle by Biscoe’s discoveries of 1832, merges into Graham Land of the latter explorer.

From Project Gutenberg

Captain Sir George Hubert Wilkins with his airplane pilot Lieutenant Carl Ben Eielson, last week, discovered that Graham Land is separate from the Antarctic continent.

From Time Magazine Archive

Graham Land itself seems to be fringed with an archipelago.

From Time Magazine Archive