Wilkes Land

American  

noun

1. a coastal region of Antarctica, S of Australia.

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Wilkes Land British  

noun

1. a region in Antarctica south of Australia, on the Indian Ocean

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Example Sentences

The newfound landscape sits near the edge of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in a region called Wilkes Land.

From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2023

The 450-square-mile ice shelf was located in an area known as Wilkes Land; the loss occurred in mid-March.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022

Last week a Navy Mariner flying boat, cruising over Wilkes Land, found something that vaguely resembled the geologists' speculations.

From Time Magazine Archive

A German mapmaker promptly labeled Wilkes's antarctic coastline "Wilkes Land," and cartographers of many another nation followed suit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some time this month a Japanese expedition under Lieutenant Saki is to set out from Yokahama for Wilkes Land.

From The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic by Goldfrap, John Henry