Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Queen Mary Land (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Queen Mary Land (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Land
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
The sector of Antarctica between Cape Filchner at 91 degrees 58' E and Cape Hordern in the Bunger Hills at 100 degrees 28' E. Discovered by AAE (1911-14) under Sir Douglas Mawson, who named it after HM Queen Mary, wife of HM King George V.
HM Queen Mary, wife of HM King George V
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