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Victoria Land

American  

noun

  1. a region in Antarctica, bordering on the Ross Sea, mainly in Ross Dependency.


Victoria Land British  

noun

  1. a section of Antarctica, largely in the Ross Dependency on the Ross Sea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Australia and New Zealand explored the rocky mountains of Northern Victoria Land.

From Time Magazine Archive

This deposit exists on the shores of Victoria Land and at the base of the volcanic mountain Erebus.

From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von

On this voyage Ross made many discoveries, the most important of which was Victoria Land.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello

The sun, near the southern horizon, still shone in a cloudless sky, and far away to the south-west the blue outline of the high mountain peaks of Victoria Land could be seen.

From The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition by Turley, Charles

I knew that the English expedition would again choose their old winter quarters in McMurdo Sound, South Victoria Land, as their starting-point.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

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