Wilkes Land
Wilkes Land is a large district of land in eastern Antarctica, formally claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, though this claim has been held in abeyance for the period of the operation of the Antarctic Treaty, to which Australia is a signatory.- Arctic land
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,880 metres (6,160 feet)
- Description: region of Antartica
- Categories
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-69° or 69° south
Longitude
120° east
Open location code
3Q322222+22
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Wilkes Land” goes by many names.
ويلكس لاندArabic
Ուիլկսի երկիրArmenian
Ուիլքսի երկիրArmenian
Uilks TorpağıAzerbaijani
Зямля УілксаBelarusian
Земя УилксBulgarian
Terra de WilkesCatalan
威尔克斯地Chinese
威爾克斯地Chinese
Wilkesova zeměCzech
WilkeslandDutch
Wilkes-teroEsperanto
WilkesinmaaFinnish
Terra de WilkesGalician
უილქსის მიწაGeorgian
Γη ΟυίλκςGreek
ארץ וילקסHebrew
विल्क्स धरतीHindi
Terra di WilkesItalian
Terra WilkiesItalian
Wilkes LandItalian
ウィルクスランドJapanese
윌크스랜드Korean
Vilksa ZemeLatvian
Wilkes LandLatvian
Vilkso žemėLithuanian
Вилксова ЗемјаMacedonian
Wilkes LandMin Nan Chinese
Wilkes LandNorwegian
Wilkes LandNorwegian Bokmål
Wilkes LandNorwegian Nynorsk
سرزمین ویلکزPersian
Ziemia WilkesaPolish
Уилкс УласRussia Buriat
Уилксын ГазарRussia Buriat
Земля УилксаRussian
Уилкса ЗемляRussian
Wilkesova zemSlovak
Wilkesova deželaSlovenian
Wilkesova zemljaSlovenian
Wilkes LandSwedish
Уилкс җиреTatar
Wilkes TopraklarıTurkish
Земля ВілксаUkrainian
Земля УїлксаUkrainian
Tera de WilkesVenetian
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