Queen Maud Land

Queen Maud Land is an English translation of Dronning Maud Land, the official name in use by Norwegian authorities and British Antarctic Survey on the part of Antarctica claimed by Norway as a dependent territory, on 14 January 1939. This claim, like all others in the Antarctic, is not universally recognized and is subject to the terms of the Antarctic Treaty System. It has a land area of approximately 2.5 million square kilometers (one million sq mi), mostly covered by the Antarctic ice sheet lying between the British claim, at 20°W and the Australian claim, at 44°38'E. Norway has not officially elaborated as to the northernly and southernly extent of their claim. This explains why the Norwegian claim is illustrated differently from other claims on some maps of Antarctica. It is however generally assumed that the Norwegian claim follows the norms of the other Antarctic claims. The Norwegian claim has been officially recognised by Australia, France, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The territory is named for Maud of Wales (1869–1938), queen consort of King Haakon VII of Norway.

Regions

Queen Maud Land is divided into five coastal regions which can be thought of extending as sectors to the South Pole, from west to east (clockwise):

The area was first visited in 1930 by Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen as part of efforts to map the Antarctic. Roald Amundsen had previously named it in honour of Queen Maud of Norway and the entire plateau surrounding the South Pole Kong Haakon VII Vidde in honour of the Norwegian king. The area originally identified by Amundsen as Queen Maud Land lay between 37° and 50° E.

Research stations

Norway operates two research stations in Antarctica, both in Queen Maud Land: Troll,
Tor (summer station),

Research Stations of other nations include: SANAE IV "Vesles" (South Africa), Princess Martha Coast
Sarie Marais (South Africa), Princess Martha Coast
Novolazarevskaya Station (Russia), Princess Astrid Coast
Showa Station (Japan), Prince Harald Coast
Dome Fuji Station (Japan), Prince Harald Coast
Mizuho Station (Japan), Prince Olav Coast
Neumayer Station, Princess Martha Coast
Princess Elisabeth Base (Belgium), Princess Ragnhild Coast (interior)
Kohnen (German summer station), Princess Martha Coast (interior)
SANAE E (South African summer station), Princess Martha Coast
Svea Station (Swedish summer station) 1987/1988, Princess Astrid Coast
Nordenskiöld Base, Princess Astrid Coast
Wasa Station (Swedish summer station)
Aboa Station (Finnish summer station)
Asuka Station (Japanese unmanned station) Princess Ragnhild Coast
Maitri (India), Schirmacher Oasis

Translation of "Queen Maud Land"

Afrikaans: Koningin Maudland, Arabic: أرض الملكة مود, Catalan: Terra de la reina Maud, Czech: Země královny Maud, Danish: Dronning Maud Land, German: Königin-Maud-Land, Estonian: Kuninganna Maudi maa, Greek: Γη της Βασίλισσας Μάουντ, Spanish: Tierra de la Reina Maud, Esperanto: Lando de Maud, Faroese: Maudland, French: Terre de la Reine-Maud, Italian: Terra della regina Maud, Hebrew: ארץ המלכה מוד, Latvian: Karalienes Modas Zeme, Hungarian: Maud királyné föld, Dutch: Koningin Maudland, Japanese: ドローニング・モード・ランド, Norwegian (Bokmål): Dronning Maud Land, Norwegian (Nynorsk): Dronning Mauds land, Polish: Ziemia Królowej Maud, Portuguese: Terra da Rainha Maud, Romanian: Zona Antarctică Norvegiană, Russian: Земля Королевы Мод, Finnish: Kuningatar Maudin maa, Swedish: Drottning Mauds land, Ukrainian: Земля Королеви Мод, Chinese: 毛德皇后地.