Graham Land

Section of the Antarctic Peninsula and surrounding islands

66°00′S 63°30′W﻿ / ﻿66.000°S 63.500°W﻿ / -66.000; -63.500

Graham Land Northern Graham Land and the surrounding islands.
1 Antarctic Peninsula, 2 James Ross Island, 3 D'Urville Island, 4 Joinville Island, 5 Dundee Island, 6 Snow Hill Island, 7 Vega Island, 8 Seymour Island, 9 Andersson Island, 10 Paulet Island, 11 Lockyer Island, 12 Eagle Island, 13 Jonassen Island, 14 Bransfield Island, 15 Astrolabe Island, 16 Tower Island A 1944 stamp of the Falkland Islands overprinted for use in Graham Land

Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in which the name "Antarctic Peninsula" was approved for the major peninsula of Antarctica, and the names Graham Land and Palmer Land for the northern and southern portions, respectively. The line dividing them is roughly 69 degrees south.

Graham Land is 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 Graham Land in 1832.[1] It is claimed by Argentina (as part of Argentine Antarctica), Britain (as part of the British Antarctic Territory) and Chile (as part of the Chilean Antarctic Territory).

Graham Land is the closest part of Antarctica to South America.[2] Thus it is the usual destination for small ships taking paying visitors on Antarctic trips from South America.[3] (Larger ships are not allowed to disembark passengers.)

Until the discoveries of the British Graham Land Expedition of 1934–1937, it was generally supposed to be an archipelago rather than a peninsula.[4] The mountains of Graham Land are the last range of the American Cordillera, the almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges forming the western "backbone" of North America, Central America, South America and the Antarctic Peninsula.

Argentina calls the area Tierra de San Martín (Land of San Martin)[5] and also calls the northern peninsula (Trinity Peninsula) Península Trinidad or Tierra de la Trinidad. Similarly, Chile calls the entire Antarctic Peninsula Tierra de O'Higgins (Land of O'Higgins).[5]

## Features

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### Peaks

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* Mount Brading, seven kilometres (four nautical miles) east of the northeast corner of Larsen Inlet.
* The Downfall, located between the heads of Arago Glacier and Woodbury Glacier.

### Plateaus

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The interior of Graham Land is occupied by a series of plateaus, namely (north to south) Laclavère Plateau, Louis Philippe Plateau, Detroit Plateau, Herbert Plateau, Foster Plateau, Forbidden Plateau, Bruce Plateau, Avery Plateau and Hemimont Plateau.

## See also

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* British Graham Land Expedition
* Geology of the Antarctic Peninsula
* Gerlache Strait Geology

## References

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1. ^ Stanton, William (1975). The Great United States Exploring Expedition. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 147. ISBN 0520025571.
2. ^ ESA Science & Technology: Graham Land
3. ^ "A cruise to Antarctica is a trip like no other". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24.
4. ^ McGonigal, David (2009). Antarctica: Secrets of the Southern Continent. London: Frances Lincoln Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7112-2980-8.
5. ^ a b Антарктический полуостров, an article from Great Soviet Encyclopedia.

### Further reading

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* U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Graham Land
* Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

## External links

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* Media related to Graham Land at Wikimedia Commons

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West Antarctica

Areas|

* Antarctic Peninsula
* Graham Land
* Palmer Land
* Ellsworth Land
* English Coast
* Bryan Coast
* Eights Coast
* King Edward VII Land
* Shirase Coast
* Marie Byrd Land
* Walgreen Coast
* Bakutis Coast
* Hobbs Coast
* Ruppert Coast
* Saunders Coast
* Queen Elizabeth Land

Major ice shelves|

* Abbot Ice Shelf
* Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf
* Getz Ice Shelf
* Larsen Ice Shelf
* Ross Ice Shelf
* Sulzberger Ice Shelf

Seas and major islands|

* Amundsen Sea
* Dean Island
* Grant Island
* Siple Island
* Bellingshausen Sea
* Adelaide Island
* Alexander Island
* Latady Island
* Rothschild Island
* Sherman Island
* Smyley Island
* Spaatz Island
* Thurston Island
* Ross Sea
* Ross Island
* Scotia Sea
* Southern Ocean
* Anvers Island
* Brabant Island
* Charcot Island
* Coronation Island
* D'Urville Island
* Elephant Island
* Joinville Island
* King George Island
* Livingston Island
* Renaud Island
* Weddell Sea
* James Ross Island
* Hearst Island

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Coasts and plateaus of the Antarctic Peninsula

North to south: Feature • Coast • Feature • Coast • ...

West coast|

| Graham Land|

* Trinity Peninsula
* Cape Kjellman
* Davis Coast‎
* Cape Sterneck
* Danco Coast
* Cape Renard
* Graham Coast‎
* Cape Bellue
* Loubet Coast
* Bourgeois Fjord
* Fallières Coast‎
* Cape Jeremy

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Palmer Land|

* Cape Jeremy
* Rymill Coast
* Buttress Nunataks
* English Coast
* Eklund Islands

Ellsworth Land|

* Eklund Islands
* English Coast
* Rydberg Peninsula

East coast|

| Graham Land|

* Trinity Peninsula
* Cape Longing
* Nordenskjöld Coast‎
* Cape Fairweather
* Oscar II Coast‎
* Cape Alexander
* Foyn Coast
* Cape Northrop
* Bowman Coast‎
* Cape Agassiz

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Palmer Land|

* Cape Agassiz
* Wilkins Coast
* Cape Boggs
* Black Coast
* Cape Mackintosh
* Lassiter Coast
* Cape Adams

Ellsworth Land|

* Cape Adams
* Orville Coast
* Cape Zumberge
* Zumberge Coast
* Hercules Inlet

Central plateaus|

* Laclavère Plateau
* Louis Philippe Plateau
* Detroit Plateau
* Herbert Plateau
* Foster Plateau
* Forbidden Plateau
* Bruce Plateau
* Avery Plateau
* Hemimont Plateau
* Dyer Plateau

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Antarctic Specially Protected Areas

Queen Elizabeth Land|

* Davis Valley
* Forlidas Pond

Queen Maud Land|

* Dakshin Gangotri Glacier
* Svarthamaren Mountain
* Yukidori Valley

Mac. Robertson Land|

* Murray Monolith
* Rookery Islands
* Scullin Monolith
* Taylor Rookery

Princess Elizabeth Land|

* Amanda Bay
* Hawker Island
* Mount Harding
* Mule Peninsula

Queen Mary Land|

* Haswell Island

Wilkes Land|

* Ardery Island
* Bailey Peninsula
* Charlton Island
* Clark Peninsula
* Dewart Island
* Frazier Islands
* Nelly Island
* Odbert Island

Adélie Land|

* Bernard Island
* Bon Docteur Nunatak
* Carrel Island
* Géologie Archipelago
* Lamarck Island
* Port Martin
* Rostand Island

George V Land|

* Mawson's Huts

Victoria Land|

* Balham Valley
* Barwick Valley
* Canada Glacier
* Cape Adare
* Cape Geology
* Cape Hallett
* Cape Washington
* Edmonson Point
* Linnaeus Terrace
* Mount Melbourne
* Mount Rittmann
* Seabee Hook

Ross Sea|

* Arrival Heights
* Backdoor Bay
* Beaufort Island
* Cape Crozier
* Cape Evans
* Cape Royds
* Hut Point Peninsula
* Lewis Bay
* New College Valley
* North-west White Island
* Sabrina Island
* Tramway Ridge

Palmer Land|

* Ablation Lake
* Ablation Point
* Ablation Point – Ganymede Heights
* Ablation Valley
* Erratic Valley
* Flatiron Valley
* Ganymede Heights
* Himalia Ridge
* Marion Nunataks
* Mount Martine
* Mount Monique
* Moutonnée Lake
* Striation Valley

Graham Land|

* Apéndice Island
* Avian Island
* Biscoe Point
* Bransfield Strait
* Cierva Point
* Dion Islands
* Eastern Dallmann Bay
* Emperor Island
* Green Island
* Lagotellerie Island
* Litchfield Island
* Midas Island
* Moss Islands
* Mount Flora
* Rothera Point
* South Bay

South Shetlands|

* Admiralty Bay
* Ardley Island
* Byers Peninsula
* Cape Shirreff
* Collins Point
* Coppermine Peninsula
* Crater Lake
* Deception Island
* Discovery Bay
* Fildes Peninsula
* Harmony Point
* Kroner Lake
* Lions Rump
* Mount Pond
* Narębski Point
* Pendulum Cove
* Port Foster
* Potter Peninsula
* Ronald Hill
* San Telmo Island
* South East Point
* Stonethrow Ridge
* Suffield Point
* Telefon Bay

South Orkneys|

* Christoffersen Island
* Coronation Island
* Fredriksen Island
* Grey Island
* Lynch Island
* Michelsen Island
* Moe Island
* Southern Powell Island

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
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