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 that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which 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.

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. It is claimed by Britain (as part of the British Antarctic Territory), Argentina (as part of Argentine Antarctica), and Chile (as part of the Chilean Antarctic Territory).

Graham Land is the closest part of Antarctica to South America.

Other countries

Other countries do not usually recognize the name "Graham Land"^{[citation needed]}. Argentina, for example, calls the area Tierra de San Martín (Land of Saint Martin) and also calls the northern peninsula (Trinity Peninsula) Península Trinidad or Tierra de la Trinidad.^{[citation needed]} Similarly, Chile calls the entire Antarctic Peninsula Tierra de O'Higgins (Land of O'Higgins).^{[citation needed]}

See also

• British Graham Land Expedition

References

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Graham Land

External links

• Media related to Graham Land at Wikimedia Commons