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Ellsworth Land () is that portion of the Antarctic continent bounded on the west by Marie Byrd Land , on the north by Bellingshausen Sea , on the northeast by the base of Antarctic Peninsula , and on the east by the western margin of Ronne Ice Shelf . It extends between 103°24'W and 79°45'W. The area west of 90°W is unclaimed, the area between 84°W and 90°W is claimed by Chile only, and the remainder by Chile and the United Kingdom as a part of the British Antarctic Territory . Eights Coast stretches between 103°24'W and 89°35'W, and Bryan Coast between 89°35'W and 79°45'W. It is largely a high ice plateau, but includes the majestic , Jones , Behrendt , Merrick , Sweeney and Scaife Mountains . This land lies near the center of the area traversed by American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth on an airplane flight during November-December 1935. It was named for him by US-ACAN (1962) to commemorate that historic transcontinental flight from Dundee Island to the Ross Ice Shelf . |
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