WILKES LAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wilkes Land mean? 

• WILKES LAND (noun)
  The noun WILKES LAND has 1 sense:

1. a coastal region of Antarctica on the Indian Ocean to the south of Australia; most of the territory is claimed by Australia

  Familiarity information: WILKES LAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WILKES LAND (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)