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Mawson Sea

Mawson Sea proper noun: proposed name for a sea along the Queen Mary Land coast of East Antarctica, east of the Shackleton Ice Shelf.

Proper noun

Mawson Sea

  1. Proposed name for a sea along the Queen Mary Land coast of East Antarctica, east of the Shackleton Ice Shelf.

Origin of Mawson Sea

In honour of Australian Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson.

Questions about Mawson Sea

What does Mawson Sea mean?
Mawson Sea means proposed name for a sea along the Queen Mary Land coast of East Antarctica, east of the Shackleton Ice Shelf.
What part of speech is Mawson Sea?
Mawson Sea is a proper noun.

Words near Mawson Sea in the dictionary

  1. mawseed
  2. mawseeds
  3. mawshot
  4. mawshots
  5. Mawson
  6. Mawson Sea
  7. Mawson Station
  8. mawsoniid
  9. mawsoniids
  10. mawsonite
  11. Mawsons

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