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Wilkes Land is a large district of land in eastern Antarctica, formally claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, though this claim is not legally recognised by the signatories of the Antarctic Treaty, which includes Australia itself. It fronts on the southern Indian Ocean between Queen Mary Coast and Adelie Land, extending from Cape Hordern in 100°31' E to Pourquoi Pas Point, in 136°11' E. The region extends as a sector about 2600 km towards the South Pole, with an estimated land area of 2,600,000 km², mostly glaciated. It is further subdivided in the following coastal areas which can also be thought of as sectors extending to the South Pole:

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How to say "Wilkes Land" in other languages:

	(German)	Wilkesland
	(Spanish)	Tierra de Wilkes
	(Italian)	Terra di Wilkes

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Geography of Antarctica

ranges up to 5,140 meters; ice-free coastal areas include parts of southern Victoria Land, Wilkes Land... copy) Area: total: 14 million sq km land: 14 million km² (280,000 sq km ice-free, 13.72 million kmÂ... America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe Land boundaries: none Physically...

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1840

19 - Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States. January 20 - Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica. January 22... Beirut and land troops on the coast to pressure Egyptian Muhammad Ali to retreat from the country...

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January 19

- British East India Company captures Aden. 1840 - Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what became known as Wilkes Land for the United States. 1853 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il... Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel. 1795 - Batavian Republic is...

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