Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Wilhelm II Land (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Wilhelm II 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.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
That portion of Antarctica between Cape Penck (87º55''20"E) and Cape Filchner (91º58''33" E). Discovered and named by the German Antarctic Expedition (1901-03) under Drygalski. The coast as far west as Gaussberg was explored by the Western Base Party of AAE (1911-14).
Named after Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.
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