Princess Elizabeth Land

Princess Elizabeth Land

Princess Elisabeth Land is the sector of Antarctica between longitude 73 degrees east and Cape Penck 87 degrees 43' east. Princess Elizabeth Land is located between 64°56'S and 90°00'S and between 73°35' E and 87°43'E. It is divided into two sectors:

*Ingrid Christensen Coast, 73°35'E to 81°24'E
*Leopold and Astrid Coast, 81°24'E to 87°43'E

It is bounded on the west by Amery Ice Shelf, Mac Robertson Land, and on the east by Wilhelm II Land.

Princess Elisabeth Land was discovered on February 9, 1931, by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) (1929-1931) under Sir Douglas Mawson. Princess Elizabeth Land was named by Sir Douglas Mawson after H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth (now H.M. Queen Elizabeth II).

See also

* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

External links

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/stategaz/ANTARCTICA.TXT Most features of Antarctica listed in one single file, provided by the USGS]
(Princess Elizabeth Land is "not" listed there)
* [http://aadc-maps.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/search_names.cfm Australian Antarctic Gazetteer]


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