Falkland Islands Dependencies 1944 9d Graham Land

Graham Land is the portion of the

Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...

that lies north of a line joining

Cape Jeremy Cape Jeremy is a cape marking the east side of the north entrance to George VI Sound and the west end of a line dividing Graham Land and Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British Graham Land expedition, 1934–37, under John Rid ...

and

Cape Agassiz Cape Agassiz is the east tip of Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula, a narrow ice-drowned spur extending east from the main mountain axis of the Antarctic Peninsula between Mobiloil Inlet and Revelle Inlet. The cape is the east end of a line from Cape Je ...

. 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 The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

, in which the name "Antarctic Peninsula" was approved for the major peninsula of Antarctica, and the names Graham Land and

Palmer Land Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic N ...

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 Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet (1 June 1792 – 25 October 1861) was a British statesman, who notably served as Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty. He was the eldest son of Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet, by Lady C ...

, First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of John Biscoe's exploration of the west side of Graham Land in 1832. 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. Thus it is the usual destination for small ships taking paying visitors on Antarctic trips from South America. (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. The mountains of Graham Land are the last range of the

American Cordillera The American Cordillera is a chain of mountain ranges (cordilleras) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western "backbone" of North America, Central America and South America, with Aconcagua as the h ...

, the almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges forming the western "backbone" of North America, Central America, South America and the

. Argentina calls the area ''Tierra de

San Martín San Martín or San Martin may refer to: People Saints * Saint Martin (disambiguation)#People, name of various saints in Spanish Political leaders *Vicente San Martin (1839 -1901), Military, National hero of Mexico. *Basilio San Martin (1849 ...

'' (Land of San Martin)Антарктический полуостров
an article from Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 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).

Features

Peaks

* Mount Brading, east of the northeast corner of Larsen Inlet. * The Downfall, located between the heads of Arago Glacier and Woodbury Glacier.

Plateaus

The interior of Graham Land is occupied by a series of plateaus, namely (north to south)

Laclavère Plateau Laclavère Plateau () is a plateau, long and from wide, rising to between Misty Pass and Theodolite Hill, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica. The plateau rises south of Schmidt Peninsula and the Chilean scientific station, Base General Bernardo O' ...

, Louis Philippe Plateau, Detroit Plateau,

Herbert Plateau Herbert Plateau () is a portion of the central plateau of Graham Land, Antarctica, lying between Blériot Glacier and Drygalski Glacier. It borders Foster Plateau on the south and Detroit Plateau on the north. The feature was photographed by th ...

Foster Plateau Foster Plateau is a plateau, about in area, lying between Drygalski Glacier and Hektoria Glacier in northern Graham Land, Antarctica. It borders Forbidden Plateau on the south and Herbert Plateau on the north. The feature was photographed by the ...

, Forbidden Plateau,

Bruce Plateau Bruce Plateau () is an ice-covered plateau, at least long and about high, extending northeast from the heads of Gould Glacier and Erskine Glacier to the vicinity of Flandres Bay, in Graham Land. It borders Avery Plateau on the south and Forbidden ...

, Avery Plateau and Hemimont Plateau.

References

External links

* {{Authority control British Antarctic Territory Lands of Antarctica

Features

Peaks

Plateaus

See also

References

Further reading

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