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Victoria Land
Victoria Land
is a region of
Antarctica
bounded on the east by the
Ross Ice Shelf
and the
Ross Sea
and on the west by
Oates Land
. It was discovered by Captain
James Clark Ross
in January 1841 and named after the
UK's Queen Victoria
. The rocky promontory of
Minna Bluff
is often regarded as the southernmost point of Victoria Land, and separates the
Scott Coast
to the north from the
Hillary Coast
of the
Ross Dependency
to the south.
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