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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

Reference to the sketch charts will show the part of Victoria Land in which Campbell was now working.

From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron

"Then we are not to go so far south as Victoria Land, and see all the wonderful things Sir James Ross saw?"

From The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea by Osborne, Mrs. David

This mountain range is materially lower than the mighty mountains of the rest of South Victoria Land.

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

This bay, or sound, forms a curve in the shore line of Victoria Land, the coast of which is the best known part of the antarctic regions.

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

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