Article: Queen Maud Land

Dictionary definition: Queen Maud Land
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      208 words ...Queen Maud Land / môd / a part of Antarctica that borders the Atlantic Ocean, claimed since 1939 by Norway. ORIGIN: named after Queen Maud of Norway (1869–1938).

Article: Geochemistry and tectonic setting of mafic rocks in western ...
Journal of the Geological Society;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... polymetamorphic Maud Belt of western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Protoliths of the ... metamorphic Maud Belt of western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, has been interpreted ... Proterozoic to Cambrian rocks of Dronning Maud Land, new major and trace element (including ...

Article: STYLE AND SPLENDOUR: THE WARDROBE OF QUEEN MAUD OF ...
Antiques & Collecting Magazine;  April 1, 2005 ;     388 words ...STYLE AND SPLENDOUR THE WARDROBE OF QUEEN MAUD OF NORWAY 1896-1938 By Anne Kjellberg ... extensively documented than in the wardrobe of Queen Maud of Norway, the granddaughter of England ... indulge her passion for clothes. From Queen Maud's elegantly beaded coronation dress ...

Dictionary definition: Queen Maud Range
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      137 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 Queen Maud Range mountain range in Antarctica, south of the Ross Ice Shelf: peaks over 13,000 ft. (3,950 m) Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: Mesoscale meteorological conditions in Dronning Maud ...
Journal of Applied Meteorology;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... profiles, and upper-air profiles were carried in the intermediate region between the high plateau and the coast in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, a region that includes several blue ice areas. The main goal is to find out to what extent the flow is influenced ...

Article: Queen Elizabeth II, King Harald V of Norway unveil statue of ...
AP Worldstream;  October 27, 2005 ;     243 words ... ... 2005 Dateline: LONDON Queen Elizabeth II joined the Norwegian king and queen Thursday to unveil a statue of Norway's Queen Maud in London. Maud, Norway's first queen following independence from Sweden in 1905, was a daughter of Britain's King ...

Map: Antarctica
MapQuest.com;  September 16, 1998 ;     285 words ... ... Australia) McMurdo Sound Mt. Kirkpatrick 14,855 ft. (4,528 m) PACIFIC OCEAN Pensacola Mts. Polar Plateau QUEEN MAUD LAND Queen Maud Mts. Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf Riiser-Larsen Peninsula Ronne Ice Shelf Roosevelt I. Ross I. Ross Ice Shelf ...