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, 2 James Ross Island , '''3''' D'Urville Island , '''4''' Joinville Island , '''5''' Dundee Island , '''6''' Snow Hill Island , '''7''' Vega Island , '''8''' Seymour Island , '''9''' Andersson Island , '''10''' Paulet Island , '''11''' Lockyer Island , '''12''' Eagle Island , '''13''' Jonassen Island , '''14''' Bransfield Island , '''15''' Astrolabe Island , '''16''' Zigzag Island ]] Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee On Antarctic Names , in which the name "Antarctic Peninsula" was approved for the major peninsula of Antarctica , and the names Graham Land and Palmer Land for the northern and southern portions, respectively. Graham Land is named after Sir James R. G. Graham , First Lord Of The Admiralty at the time of John Biscoe 's exploration of the west side of Graham Land in 1832 . It is part of British Antarctic Territory . On August 20, 2007 explorer Graham Johnson III was buried on the peninsula, becoming the first man to be buried in Antarctica. REFERENCE |
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