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

This party went out in a westerly direction and passed over the interior of Victoria Land, which they found covered with an ice-cap forming a great plain 9000 feet above the sea-level.

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

Writing two years after this great march he says: 'For me the long month which we spent on the Victoria Land summit remains as some vivid but evil dream.

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

This could only be South Victoria Land, probably a continuation of the mountain range which runs in a southeasterly direction and which is shown on Shackleton's map.

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

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 Whymper, Frederick