Adelie

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Adelie designates:

  • Adelie Land , meteorite
  • Adélieland (French: Terre Adélie), claimed by France since 1924 and defined within its borders on April 1, 1938, the French part of Antarctica
  • Adélie Valley , deep sea channel in the shape of a submerged fjord on the edge of the Antarctic tectonic plate
  • Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), Antarctic-sub-Antarctic species of penguins from the genus of the long-tailed penguins

See also:

  • Adelien (Forestiera), genus of around 21 shrub species from the olive family that is widespread in North, Central and South America