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    (Wilkes Coast) 130°10' E to 136°11' E In a wider sense, Wilkes Land extends further East to Point Alden in 142°02' E, thereby including Adélie Land, which...
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  • Wilkes Land crater is an informal term that may apply to two separate cases of conjectured giant impact craters hidden beneath the ice cap of Wilkes Land...
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  • County, North Carolina Wilkes Basin, George V Land, Antarctica Wilkes Station, Antarctica, a research station Battery Wilkes, a historic artillery battery...
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    Following is a list of glaciers of Wilkes Land in Antarctica. This list may not reflect recently named glaciers in Wilkes Land. Adams Glacier Bell Glacier Blair...
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  • to Wilkes Land, and for the explorations along George V Coast by the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, USN...
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  • The mountains of Wilkes Land are located in the region Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, between 100°31' E and 136°11' E. Australia claims this region to...
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    Environment and Water. The territory's history dates to a claim on Enderby Land made by the United Kingdom in 1841, which was subsequently expanded and eventually...
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    one continuous city, so while the city of Wilkes-Barre itself is a mid-sized city, the larger Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Urban Area contains half a million...
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    Wilkes Booth was born in a four-room log house on May 10, 1838, the ninth of ten children. He was named after English radical politician John Wilkes,...
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    Adélie Land has borders with the Australian Antarctic Territory both on the east and on the west, namely on Clarie Land (part of Wilkes Land) in the...
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    for short, or the Wilkes Expedition in honor of its next appointed commanding officer, United States Navy Lieutenant Charles Wilkes. The expedition was...
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    137.86000, placing it off the coast of Antarctica, between Adélie Land and Wilkes Land. In 2015, it lay at 64°17′S 136°35′E / 64.28°S 136.59°E / -64...
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    area, it is known as the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, after its principal cities, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. With a population of 567,559...
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    137.86000, placing it off the coast of Antarctica, between Adélie Land and Wilkes Land. In 2015 it lay at 64°17′S 136°35′E / 64.28°S 136.59°E / -64.28;...
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    Antarctica – Wilkes Land Territory claimed by  Australia 66°34′S 136°0′E / 66.567°S 136.000°E / -66.567; 136.000 (Antarctica) Antarctica – Adélie Land Territory...
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    However, a few regions such as the Ross Dependency and, formerly, Palmer Land, observe the time and use of DST of the countries they are supplied from...
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    suggested. Another possible cause may be the impact that formed the Wilkes Land crater in Antarctica, which is estimated to have occurred around the...
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  • Vincennes Bay (category Bays of Wilkes Land)
    USEE under Wilkes, from which a series of coastal landfalls along Wilkes Land were discovered and plotted during January–February 1840. Wilkes' chart suggests...
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    also known as John Quincy Adams Glacier, is a broad channel glacier in Wilkes Land, Antarctica which is over 20 miles (32 km) long. It debouches into the...
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    Casey Station (category Wilkes Land)
    the Bailey Peninsula overlooking Vincennes Bay on the Budd Coast of Wilkes Land in the Australian Antarctic Territory, a territory claimed by Australia...
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    T.; Kim, H. (2009). "GRACE gravity evidence for an impact basin in Wilkes Land, Antarctica". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 10 (2): n/a. Bibcode:2009GGG...
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    Banzare Coast (redirect from Banzare Land)
    Banzare Coast (67°S 126°E / 67°S 126°E / -67; 126), part of Wilkes Land, is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between Cape Southard, at...
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    Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent...
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    East Antarctica comprises Coats Land, Queen Maud Land, Enderby Land, Mac. Robertson Land, Wilkes Land, and Victoria Land. All but a small portion of the...
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    Wilkes-Barre Township is a township with home rule status in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is adjacent to the city of Wilkes-Barre. The...
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    Wilkes University is a private university in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It has over 2,200 undergraduates and over 2,200 graduate students (both full...
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    United Kingdom. Wilkes was born in New York City, on April 3, 1798, the great nephew of the former Lord Mayor of London John Wilkes. His mother was Mary...
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    celebrates its anniversary on February 15. Wilkes County was named for the English political radical John Wilkes, who was Lord Mayor of the City of London...
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  • Anderson "Henry", a song by New Riders of the Purple Sage Henry Bay, Wilkes Land Henry River (New South Wales) Henry River (Western Australia) Henry Lake...
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  • Penney Landing (category Ports and harbours of Wilkes Land)
    Windmill Islands. Discovered in 1959 by Richard L. Penney, biologist at Wilkes Station, for whom it was named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia...
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