GRAHAM LAND

Map of Antarctica

Northern Graham Land and the surrounding islands.
'1' Antarctic Peninsula, '2' James Ross Island, '3' D'Urville Island, '4' Joinville Island, '5' Dundee Island, '6' Snow Hill Island, '7' Vega Island, '8' Seymour Island, '9' Andersson Island, '10' Paulet Island, '11' Lockyer Island, '12' Eagle Island, '13' Jonassen Island, '14' Bransfield Island, '15' Astrolabe Island, '16' Zigzag Island

'Graham Land' is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in which the name "Antarctic Peninsula" was approved for the major peninsula of Antarctica, and the names Graham Land and Palmer Land for the northern and southern portions, respectively.
Graham Land is named after Sir James R. G. Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of John Biscoe's exploration of the west side of Graham Land in 1832. It is part of British Antarctic Territory.
On August 20, 2007 explorer Graham Johnson III was buried on the peninsula, becoming the first man to be buried in Antarctica.

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