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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Queen Elizabeth Land (GBR) | 84° 00' 00.0" S | 49° 00' 00.0" W | Land |
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Name ID: 137466
Place ID: 19173
Queen Elizabeth Land, the southern part of the British Antarctic Territory, bounded on the north side by the Ronne Ice Shelf, to the north-east by Coats Land, on the east by Dronning Maud Land and extending on the west side to a line between the South Pole and Rutford Ice Stream, east of Constellation Inlet. Named after Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of Her other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to mark the occasion of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 (APC, 2012). |
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