wilkes land

1. 1.

   a coastal region of Antarctica on the Indian Ocean to the south of Australia; most of the territory is claimed by Australia

   Broadergeographical area

   Part ofAntarctica

Questions about wilkes land

What does wilkes land mean?

wilkes land means "a coastal region of Antarctica on the Indian Ocean to the south of Australia; most of the territory is claimed by Australia".

Is wilkes land a common word?

wilkes land is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.