Queen Elizabeth Land
Coordinates: 84 ° 0 ′ S , 45 ° 0 ′ W
The Queen Elizabeth Land is an area in the Antarctic , which the British Antarctic Territory belongs. The area was named after Queen Elizabeth II in December 2012 , on the occasion of her 60th jubilee . It covers around 437,000 km², a little less than a third of the territory.
To the northwest extends the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf and the Zumberge Coast , to the northeast the Prinzregent-Luitpold-Land and then the Coatsland , to the east the Dronning Maud Land . To the west, the border is the line connecting the Rutford Ice Current east of Constellation Inlet to the South Pole .
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- ↑ News: Queen Elizabeth Land. GOV.UK, December 18, 2012, accessed December 19, 2012 .