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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Graham Land

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

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 18, 2024

Graham Land itself seems to be fringed with an archipelago.

From Time Magazine Archive

The 600-mile trip back from Greenwich Island and Graham Land was; rough and uncomfortable.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both are in Antarctica now, preparing to return to the U. S. after flights in Graham Land.

From Time Magazine Archive

We continued drifting gradually north, afloat on ice-floes, past Graham Land and Joinville Island, and finally took to the boats on April 9, 1916, and reached Elephant Island on April 15.

From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton