Victoria Land

American  

noun

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

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Victoria Land British  

noun

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

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Victoria Land

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The whole of the land traced to the seventy-ninth degree of latitude was named Victoria Land.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper

The ship proceeded to New Zealand, and left there on November 28, 1901, for Victoria Land.

From The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? by G. Firth Scott

The slow but steady flow of the great ice stream had absolutely filled the sea off the coast of Victoria Land, and the barrier, now existing, was the remains of this once mighty mass.

From The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? by G. Firth Scott

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 Alexander von Humboldt

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