Grahamland

66 63.5Koordinaten: 66 ° 0 ' 0 " S, 63 ° 30 ' 0 " W

Graham Land (deprecated Graham Land, and King Oscar II Land ) is the northern part of the Antarctic Peninsula in Westantarktika. The northern foothills Graham Lands is the Trinity Peninsula.

The islands were discovered on 21 February 1832 by a British Antarctic Expedition under John Biscoe. Named the country after the Admiral of the Royal Navy, James Robert George Graham. It was in 1908 declared a British territory. 1936 translated the first time humans set foot on this territory. Had the British Graham Land Expedition led by John Rymill the detailed exploration of this area to the destination, which turned out to be part of the Antarctic Peninsula during this expedition.

Graham Land is 383,000 km ², the largest of the three sub-regions of the British Antarctic Territory. In addition to the UK and Argentina lays claim to Graham Land and bases his assertions on the scientific evidence that Graham Land and the surrounding islands are the natural continuation of the South American mainland, and Argentina is the closest country. Chile raises the same grounds claim to corresponding parts of Antarctica. With the Antarctic Treaty undertook all these countries to suspend their territorial claims.