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graham land

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables
gra-ham -land
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

That portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.

name

Former name of Antarctic Peninsula.

Etymology

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 the territory in 1832. The modern definition was agreed in 1964 between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names.

Questions

What does graham land mean?
That portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.
Where does graham land come from?
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 the territory in 1832. The modern definition was agreed in 1964 between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names.

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