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Adélie Land

Pronunciation: /aˈdeɪli/

(also Adélie Coast)
Definition of Adélie Land
  • a section of the Antarctic continent south of the 60th parallel, between Wilkes Land and King George V Land.

Origin:

named after Adélie, wife of the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, who discovered the area in 1840

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