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Graham Land is the closest part of Antarctica to South America. Thus it is the usual destination for small ships taking paying visitors on Antarctic trips from
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Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
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for the northern and southern portions, respectively. The line dividing them is roughly 69 degrees south.
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The interior of Graham Land is occupied by a series of plateaus, namely (north to south)
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forming the western "backbone" of North America, Central America, South America and the
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rather than a peninsula. The mountains of Graham Land are the last range of the
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Graham Land
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Section of the Antarctic Peninsula and surrounding islands
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of 1934–1937, it was generally supposed to be an
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66°00′S 63°30′W / 66.000°S 63.500°W / -66.000; -63.500

Antarctic Peninsula
James Ross Island
D'Urville Island
Joinville Island
Dundee Island
Snow Hill Island
Vega Island
Seymour Island
Andersson Island
Paulet Island
Lockyer Island
Eagle Island
Jonassen Island
Bransfield Island
Astrolabe Island
Tower Island

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Antarctic Peninsula
Cape Jeremy
Cape Agassiz
Antarctic Place-names Committee
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Antarctica
Palmer Land
James R. G. Graham
First Lord of the Admiralty
John Biscoe

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