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Graham Land

Graham Land proper noun: that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.

Proper noun

Graham Land

  1. That portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.
  2. Former name of Antarctic Peninsula.

Origin of Graham Land

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 the territory in 1832. The modern definition was agreed in 1964 between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names.

Questions about Graham Land

What does Graham Land mean?
Graham Land means that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.
What part of speech is Graham Land?
Graham Land is a proper noun.

Words near Graham Land in the dictionary

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  2. graham crackers
  3. graham crackery
  4. graham flour
  5. graham flours
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  7. Graham technique
  8. Graham's number
  9. Graham's tilapia
  10. graham-cracker-y
  11. graham-crackery

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