Southern Land

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Southern Land is the literal English meaning of the Latin term "Terra Australis," historically used to refer to a hypothetical great southern continent.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical concept
hypothetical continent
associatedWithHemisphere Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED
basedOnBelief existence of a large unknown southern continent
cartographicRole balancing landmasses between hemispheres
category historical geography
hypothetical places
describedAs great southern landmass
distinguishedFrom Antarctic continent as currently defined
Australia NERFINISHED
etymology literal English translation of Latin "Terra Australis"
hasComponentWord Land
Southern
hasLatinOriginal Terra Australis NERFINISHED
historicalUse name for a hypothetical southern continent
influenced early maps of the Southern Hemisphere
label Southern Land NERFINISHED
languageOfLiteralMeaning English
literalMeaningOf Terra Australis
meaning southern land
originatedIn classical and medieval geographical speculation
relatedConcept Antarctica NERFINISHED
Terra Australis NERFINISHED
unknown southern continent
status no longer accepted as a real continent
timePeriodOfProminence Age of Discovery NERFINISHED
Renaissance NERFINISHED
usedIn European geography
Renaissance cartography
early modern cartography

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Terra Australis nameMeaning Southern Land