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Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica located on the continent's eastern side. It matters because it is a significant area for scientific research and serves as an important location for understanding Antarctic geography and climate.
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Key facts
- Continent
- Antarctica
- Founded by
- James Clark Ross
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region
- Named after
- Queen Victoria
- Continent
- Antarctica
- Body of water
- Ross Sea
- Shares border with
- Ross Sea
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- Category:Victoria Land
- discoverer or inventor
- James Clark Ross
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Encyclopedic overview
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after Queen Victoria. The rocky promontory of Minna Bluff is often regarded as the southernmost point of Victoria Land, and separates the Scott Coast to the north from the Hillary Coast of the Ross Dependency to the south.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Victoria Land” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.