Falkland Islands Dependencies 1944 9d Graham Land

Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining

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and

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. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in which the name "Antarctic Peninsula" was approved for the major peninsula of

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, and the names Graham Land and Palmer Land for the northern and southern portions, respectively. The line dividing them is roughly 69 degrees south. Graham Land is named after Sir James R. G. Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of John Biscoe's exploration of the west side of Graham Land in 1832. It is claimed by Argentina (as part of Argentine Antarctica), Britain (as part of the British Antarctic Territory) and Chile (as part of the Chilean Antarctic Territory). Graham Land is the closest part of Antarctica to South America. Thus it is the usual destination for small ships taking paying visitors on Antarctic trips from

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rather than a peninsula. The mountains of Graham Land are the last range of the

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, the almost continuous sequence of

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s forming the western "backbone" of North America, Central America, South America and the Antarctic Peninsula. Argentina calls the area ''Tierra de San Martín'' (Land of Saint Martin)Антарктический полуостров
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. and also calls the northern peninsula ( Trinity Peninsula) ''Península Trinidad'' or ''Tierra de la Trinidad''. Similarly, Chile calls the entire Antarctic Peninsula ''Tierra de O'Higgins'' (Land of O'Higgins).

Features

Peaks

* Mount Brading, east of the northeast corner of Larsen Inlet. * The Downfall, located between the heads of Arago Glacier and Woodbury Glacier.

Plateaus

The interior of Graham Land is occupied by a series of plateaus, namely (north to south)

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, Louis Philippe Plateau,

Detroit Plateau Detroit Plateau () is a major interior plateau of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula, with heights between . Its northeast limit is marked by the south wall of Russell West Glacier, from which it extends some in a general southwest direction ...

Herbert Plateau Herbert Plateau () is a portion of the central plateau of Graham Land, Antarctica, lying between Blériot Glacier and Drygalski Glacier. It borders Foster Plateau on the south and Detroit Plateau on the north. The feature was photographed by the ...

Foster Plateau Foster Plateau is a plateau, about in area, lying between Drygalski Glacier and Hektoria Glacier in northern Graham Land, Antarctica. It borders Forbidden Plateau on the south and Herbert Plateau on the north. The feature was photographed by the ...

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, Bruce Plateau, Avery Plateau and Hemimont Plateau.

References

External links

* {{Authority control British Antarctic Territory Lands of Antarctica

Features

Peaks

Plateaus

See also

References

Further reading

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