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Location of Wilkes Land (red), Australian Antarctic Territory in Antarctica

Wilkes Land is a large district of land in eastern Antarctica, formally claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, though the validity of this claim has been placed for the period of the operation of the Antarctic Treaty, to which Australia is a signatory.

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Wilkes Land

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(Wilkes Coast) 130°10' E to 136°11' E In a wider sense, Wilkes Land extends further East to Point Alden in 142°02' E, thereby including Adélie Land, which...

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Wilkes Land crater

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Wilkes Land crater is an informal term that may apply to two separate cases of conjectured giant impact craters hidden beneath the ice cap of Wilkes Land...

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Wilkes

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County, North Carolina Wilkes Basin, George V Land, Antarctica Wilkes Station, Antarctica, a research station Battery Wilkes, a historic artillery battery...

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List of glaciers of Wilkes Land

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Following is a list of glaciers of Wilkes Land in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in Wilkes Land. Adams Glacier Bell Glacier Blair...

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Australian Antarctic Territory

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Environment and Water. The territory's history dates to a claim on Enderby Land made by the United Kingdom in 1841, which was subsequently expanded and eventually...

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List of mountains of Wilkes Land

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The mountains of Wilkes Land are located in the region Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, between 100°31' E and 136°11' E. Australia claims this region to...

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Wilkes Basin

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to Wilkes Land, and for the explorations along George V Coast by the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, USN...

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Cronk Islands

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1947. They were named by the US-ACAN for Caspar Cronk, glaciologist at Wilkes Station in 1958. Composite Antarctic Gazetteer List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic...

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John Wilkes Booth

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Wilkes Booth was born in a four-room log house on May 10, 1838, the ninth of ten children. He was named after English radical politician John Wilkes,...

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United States Exploring Expedition

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for short, or the Wilkes Expedition in honor of its next appointed commanding officer, United States Navy Lieutenant Charles Wilkes. The expedition was...

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Antarctic Circle

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Antarctica – Wilkes Land Territory claimed by  Australia 66°34′S 136°0′E / 66.567°S 136.000°E / -66.567; 136.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica – Adélie Land Territory...

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Donna Wilkes

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90210 Shark Attack (2014). Wilkes was born in Manhattan, New York City in Spanish Harlem. Her father was Wayman Otis Wilkes (1918 – 2013), an Irish American...

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Siberian Traps

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suggested. Another possible cause may be the impact that formed the Wilkes Land crater in Antarctica, which is estimated to have occurred around the...

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Polar drift

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137.86000, placing it off the coast of Antarctica, between Adelie Land and Wilkes Land. In 2015, it lay at 64°17′S 136°35′E / 64.28°S 136.59°E / -64...

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Antarctica

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East Antarctica comprises Coats Land, Queen Maud Land, Enderby Land, Mac. Robertson Land, Wilkes Land, and Victoria Land. All but a small portion of the...

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South magnetic pole

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137.86000, placing it off the coast of Antarctica, between Adélie Land and Wilkes Land. In 2015 it lay at 64°17′S 136°35′E / 64.28°S 136.59°E / -64.28;...

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Time in Antarctica

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However, a few regions such as the Ross Dependency and, formerly, Palmer Land, observe the time and use of DST of the countries they are supplied from...

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Wilkes University

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Wilkes University is a private university in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It has over 2,200 undergraduates and over 2,200 graduate students (both full...

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Davis Bay

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Wyoming Valley

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area, it is known as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, after its principal cities, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. With a population of 567,559...

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List of extinction events

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T.; Kim, H. (2009). "GRACE gravity evidence for an impact basin in Wilkes Land, Antarctica". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 10 (2): n/a. Bibcode:2009GGG...

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Lists of places in Antarctica

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Antarctica: List of mountains of Enderby Land List of mountains of Wilkes Land List of mountains of Queen Maud Land List of mountains of East Antarctica List...

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Smith

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Ellsworth Land Smith Cliff, Ellsworth Land Smith Glacier, Marie Byrd Land Smith Heights, Oates Land Smith Islands, Wilkes Land Smith Knob, Ellsworth Land Smith...

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Law Dome

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66th parallel south

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111°8′E / 66.000°S 111.133°E / -66.000; 111.133 (Antarctica) Antarctica Wilkes Land, territory claimed by  Australia 66°0′S 113°52′E / 66.000°S 113.867°E...

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Southeast Indian Ridge

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those found in Terre Adelie in Eastern Wilkes Land, Antarctica. Faults in Tasmania–Victoria and Northern Victoria Land have been identified as Cambrian remains...

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