Kemp Land
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Kemp Land is a thin sliver of Antarctica including, and lying inland from, the Kemp Coast
Kemp Coast
Kemp Coast is that portion of the coast of Antarctica that lies between the head of Edward VIII Bay, at 56° 25' E, and William Scoresby Bay, at 59° 34' E. It is named for a British sealing captain, Peter Kemp, who discovered land in this vicinity in 1833....

. Part of the Australian Antarctic claim
Australian Antarctic Territory
The Australian Antarctic Territory is a part of Antarctica. It was claimed by the United Kingdom and placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1933. It is the largest territory of Antarctica claimed by any nation...

 it is defined as lying between 56° 25' E and 59° 34' E, and, as with other sectors of the Antarctic, is deemed as being limited by the 60° S parallel. It is bounded in the east by Mac. Robertson Land
Mac. Robertson Land
Mac. Robertson Land is the portion of Antarctica lying southward of the coast between William Scoresby Bay and Cape Darnley. Mac. Robertson Land is located at . In the east, Mac. Robertson Land includes the Prince Charles Mountains. Mac...

 and in the west by Enderby Land
Enderby Land
Enderby Land is a projecting land mass of Antarctica, extending from Shinnan Glacier at to William Scoresby Bay at .Enderby Land was discovered in February 1831 by John Biscoe in the whaling brig Tula, and named after the Enderby Brothers of London, owners of the Tula, who encouraged their...

. Kemp Land includes one major group of islands, the Øygarden Group
Øygarden Group
Øygarden Group is a group of rocky, irregular islands which extends about 11 mi in an east-west direction, lying in the southern part of the entrance to Edward VIII Bay. First sighted in February 1936 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the RSS William Scoresby, and considered by them to be...

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