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WILKES LAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coastal region of Antarctica on the Indian Ocean to the south of Australia; most of the territory is claimed by Australia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Holonyms ("Wilkes Land" is a part of...):
Antarctic continent; Antarctica (an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep)
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