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Byrd Land

(Placename) a part of Antarctica, east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea: claimed for the US by Richard E. Byrd in 1929 Former name Marie Byrd Land

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Amundsen Sea Marie Byrd Land Ross Ice Shelf Sidley Siple			He has successfully negotiated some of the most difficult international routes including the north side of Everest, the north face of Kangchenjunga in Eastern Nepal (the world's third highest mountain), Mount Kenya, Mount Aconcaqua in Argentina as well as the Ross Sea and Marie Byrd Land in Antartica. Tough at the top; Ian Jones meets a man who has scaled the highest ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) In the 1930s the US briefly made a claim to the unclaimed territory (Admiral Byrd named it Marie Byrd Land after his wife) but the US did not persist with it because it said that it disapproved of such claims. The Antarctic nuclear-free zone by Suter, Keith / Contemporary Review			Byelorussia Byelorussian Byelostok Byelovo bygone byke Byland Bylander bylane bylaw byline Byname Byng BYO BYOB bypass bypass capacitor bypass condenser bypass engine bypass ratio bypast bypath Byplay byproduct Byrd Byrd Land Byrds byre Byrnes byrnie byroad Byron Byron Augusta Ada Byronic Byronism bysen Bysmottered Byss Byssaceous byssi Byssiferous Byssin Byssine byssinosis Byssoid Byssolite byssus bystander bystreet byte Bytom			bypassing bypassing bypassing bypast bypath bypaths BYPB BYPC BYPHS BYPL byplay BYPO BYPP byproduct byproduct byproduct BYPS BYPU BYPY Byr Byr BYRA Byram Animal Rescue Kindness Squad Byram Hills High School Byram Hills Preschool Association Byrasandra Tavarekere Madivala BYRC Byrd Byrd Byrd Antarctic Expedition Byrd Land Byrd Polar Research Center Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program Byrd Scientific Station Byrd, Harry F. Byrd, Harry Flood Byrd, Henry Roeland Byrd, Richard Byrd, Richard (Evelyn) Byrd, Richard (Evelyn) Byrd, Richard E Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Robert C. Byrd, Robert Carlyle Byrd, William Byrd, William Byrde, William Byrds Byrds Byrds byre byre byres byres Byrhtnoth Byrn mawr Byrne Software Technologies, Inc. Byrne v. Boadle Byrne v. Boadle Byrne v. Boadle Byrne v. Boadle

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