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Graham Land

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Graham Land, part of the Antarctic Peninsula Antarctic Peninsula, glaciated mountain region of W Antarctica, extending c.1,200 mi (1,930 km) N toward South America; in the south, volcanic peaks rise to c.11,000 ft (3,350 m). Most of its NE coast is fringed by the Larsen ice shelf.
..... Click the link for more information. , W Antarctica. This ice-covered, mountainous area was thought to be a group of islands but further exploration (1934) showed it to be peninsular. Claimed by Britain in 1832, it was also claimed by Argentina and Chile. Its name is sometimes used to describe the entire peninsula but also refers to the E portion bordering the Weddell Sea from the Hilton Inlet to James Ross Island.
Graham Land
the N part of the Antarctic Peninsula: became part of the British Antarctic Territory in 1962 (formerly part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies). (Claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty)


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Does 'na ddim syrpreisus yn y casgliad 18 trac, gyda phump o ganeuon Ems Huws Jones, pump gan Alun 'Sbardun' Huws, un gan Barry 'Archie' Jones, a'r gweddill gan Bryn ac aelodau o'i fand, Rhys Parry, Graham Land a Les Morrison.
Goreuon Bryn FYn ar gael by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The second half saw a corner from Adam Graham land on Kellas McConachie's heel, who passed to Joseph McCluskey to equalise.
Norton and Stockton Ancients by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
It is a great way of giving us an idea of the timescales involved; yet just on the page after that is a small map showing the tips of Tierra del Fuego and Graham Land, the east-sweeping point of Antarctica: look at them and you will notice that they look "like a section through a piece of armour plating pierced by a high-velocity round".
Excitement of the slow movement by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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