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Queen Maud Land (Norwegian: Dronning Maud Land) is a roughly 2.7-million-square-kilometre (1.0-million-square-mile) region of Antarctica claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20° west and the Australian Antarctic Territory 45° east.
- 2,700,000 km² (1,000,000 sq mi)
- 3,148 m (10,328 ft)
- 2,000 m (7,000 ft)
- Maud of Wales
Queen Maud Land, region of Antarctica south of Africa, extending from Coats Land (west) to Enderby Land (east) and including the Princess Martha, Princess Astrid, Princess Ragnhild, Prince Harold, and Prince Olav coasts. A barren plateau covered by an ice sheet up to 1.5 miles (2.4 km) thick, it.
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Jan 31, 2018 · Arguably the most exciting came late in the year: With three other all-star climbers, he notched new ascents in one of the world’s great frontiers: Antarctica’s Queen Maud Land. By sheer ...
- Kate Siber
Queen Maud Land ( Norwegian: Dronning Maud Land) is a roughly 2.7-million-square-kilometre (1.0-million-square-mile) region of Antarctica claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20° west and the Australian Antarctic Territory 45° east.
Oct 17, 2018 · These were the first maps of Antarctica's remote Queen Maud Land, a stark glacial landscape dotted with impossibly jagged granite spires protruding from thousands of feet of ice. As we scanned the only detailed account of this faraway land, the complex and cryptic landscape made it blatantly obvious why these were some of the last unclimbed ...
Queen Maud Land (Norwegian: Dronning Maud Land) is a region of Antarctica claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. Its size is about 2.7-million-square-kilometre (1.0-million-square-mile). It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20° west and the Australian Antarctic Territory 45° east.
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Coordinates: 84°33′00″S 175°19′00″W. The Queen Maud Mountains ( 86°00′S 160°00′W) are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarctic Plateau in Antarctica.
