Definition of Queen Maud Land

1. Noun. A region of Antarctica between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea; claimed by Norway.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Queen Maud Land

Quechuan
Quechuan language
Queckenstedt
Queckenstedt's test
Queckenstedt-Stookey test
Queen's Counsel
Queen's English
Queen Anne
Queen Anne's Bounty
Queen Anne's lace
Queen Charlotte Islands
Queen Charlotte Sound
Queen City
Queen Maud Land (current term)
Queen Victoria
Queen of England
Queen of Hearts
Queen of Sheba
Queens
Queensberry rules
Queensboro Bridge
Queensland
Queensland bottletree
Queensland hemp
Queensland nut
Queensland nuts

Literary usage of Queen Maud Land

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. America on the Ice: Antarctic Policy Issues by Frank G. Klotz (1998)
"In 1939, Norway claimed a region of the continent known as Queen Maud Land, which a Norwegian expedition had explored the previous decade. ..."

2. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Queen Maud Land.—On Jan. 14, 1939. the Norwegian Government declared the area between 20° W. and 45° E., adjacent to Australian Antarctica, to be Norwegian ..."

3. Antarctica by Jo Ellen Moore (1999)
"Antarctic Peninsula Queen Maud Land Wilkes Land Marie Byrd Land Enderby Land Coats Land Ross Ice Shelf s "" Put a red X on the location of the South Pole. ..."

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