{{Short description|Australian antarctic claim}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} thumb|300px|Location of '''Mac. Robertson Land''' (red), Australian Antarctic Territory in Antarctica. '''Mac. Robertson Land''' is the portion of Antarctica lying southward of the coast between William Scoresby Bay and Cape Darnley. It is located at {{coord|70|00|S|65|00|E|scale:10000000|display=inline,title}}. In the east, Mac. Robertson Land includes the Prince Charles Mountains. It was named by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) (1929–1931), under Sir Douglas Mawson, after Sir Macpherson Robertson of Melbourne, a patron of the expedition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/technological-developments/mac.-robertson-land|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602101551/http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/technological-developments/mac.-robertson-land|url-status=dead|title=Australian Antarctic Division. Mac. Robertson Land|archivedate=2 June 2011|accessdate=10 June 2025}}</ref>
From 1965 onward, members of the SAE (Soviet Antarctic Expeditions) began undertaking geological fieldwork in the Prince Charles Mountains, eventually establishing a base, Soyuz Station, on the eastern shore of Beaver Lake in the northern Prince Charles Mountains.
==Nomenclature== ''Mac.Robertson Land'' (no space after ''Mac.'')<ref name="gazetteer">{{Cite web|last=Australian Antarctic Division|title=Antarctic Gazetteer|url=http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/search_names_action.cfm|access-date=8 July 2011|publisher=Australian Antarctic Division}}</ref> is the official Australian name, but it is known in the United States as ''Mac. Robertson Land'' and in Russia as ''MacRobertson Land''.<ref>[http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=128324 SCAR Gazetteer Ref. No 8833 Mac. Robertson Land]</ref>
== Features == As well as typical Antarctic geography, Mac. Robertson Land contains significant geographical features such as Tschuffert Peak, Poulton Peak, and Peak Seven; Cape Rouse, Tilley Bay, and Frustration Dome. Two of the most important of Mac. Robertson Land's landmarks are Soyuz Station, located in the Prince Charles Mountains, and the Amery Ice Shelf.<ref>Crohn, P. W. (1959). [https://uri-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/10nopmq/01URI_ALMA2134980870002396 ''A contribution to the geology and glaciology of the western part of Australian Antarctic Territory''.] Antarctic Division, Department of External Affairs.</ref>
The Australian polar station Mawson has been operating here since 1954.<ref>"Mawson station: a brief history". ''History of Australian Antarctic stations''. Australian Antarctic Division. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2016.</ref>
== See also == *List of mountains of Mac. Robertson Land
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== External links == {{Commons category|Mac. Robertson Land}}
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Category:Mac. Robertson Land Category:Australian Antarctic Territory Category:East Antarctica Category:Lands of Antarctica
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