On this map of Antarctica, the region of Victoria Land is located below the Ross Ice Shelf. The Ross Ice Shelf ( is the largest Ice shelf of Antarctica (an area of roughly 487 000 km² and about 800 km across about the size of France)

Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Sea and on the west by Wilkes Land. NOAA Ross seajpg|thumb|200px|thumb|Ice in the Ross Sea Antarctica]] The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica between Victoria Wilkes Land is a large district of land in eastern Antarctica, formally claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, though this It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria. Sir James Clark Ross ( April 15, 1800 &ndash April 3, 1862) was a British naval officer and explorer. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ^[1]

The region includes ranges of the Transantarctic Mountains and the McMurdo Dry Valleys. The three largest mountain ranges on the Antarctic continent are the Transantarctic Mountains, the West Antarctica Ranges, and the East Antarctica Ranges. "Dry valleys" redirects here For other uses see Dry valley The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of Valleys in Early explorers of Victoria Land include James Clark Ross and Douglas Mawson. ^[2]

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