Adélie Land

/ adeli; ˈædɪlɪ /

noun

1. a part of Antarctica, between Wilkes Land and George V Land: the mainland section of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (claim suspended under the Antarctic Treaty) Also calledAdélie Coast French nameTerre Adélie

Example Sentences

The head of polar programs at WWF, Rod Downie, said: “Adélie penguins are one of the hardiest and most amazing animals on our planet. This devastating event contrasts with the image that many people might have of penguins. It’s more like ‘Tarantino does Happy Feet’, with dead penguin chicks strewn across a beach in Adélie Land.

From The Guardian

The researchers used models to expand the observations they collected in Adélie Land.

From Scientific American

The team set up weather radar and precipitation gauge systems in Antarctica's Adélie Land region in 2015 and 2016 to observe precipitation patterns.

From Scientific American

To get a better sense of how much melting might have occurred in East Antarctica during the Pliocene, Cook and her colleagues studied sediments from a deep marine core about 300 kilometers off the coast of Adélie Land in East Antarctica.

From Science Magazine

The “Aurora,” a barkentine of 580 tons with auxiliary steam-propulsion in which the expedition sailed, has recently returned to Australia bringing the report that two separate parties have been landed on those part of Wilkes Land known respectively as Adelie Land and Termination Land.

From Scientific American