The Wilkes Land area is named for him.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

It was spoken on the Siletz reservation, where the tribe lives on a protected area of land within the state of Oregon.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

Later,Alfred Wegener said the continents had once been part of a huge area of land he called Pangaea.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

Today, the government controls about ninety-seven percent of all the land in the Jackson Hole area.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

They were given a large area of land north of Wyoming in the Dakota territory.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

This protected area is known for its rich biodiversity of sea and land creatures.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Groups of men formed large companies and began buying land in the area.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

The government decided to put aside an area of land for each tribe.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

Slowly the area became what visitors see today -- a dry land of high flat mesa tops and deep canyons formed through thousands of years by flowing rivers.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

It would land in an area called the Ocean of Storms.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

Picture an area that is almost desert land.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Much of that area is desert land.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

So generally it is the chiefs who have been managing these lands and entering into negotiations with the investors who area acquiring land for biofuel production."

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

"Many of the lands are under customary arrangement and depending on the specific area where the land is being acquired the specific customary arrangements in that area would apply,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

"Well we are talking approximately about 99 square miles, and its sovereign base area which is land which is effectively governed by the UK and has an on-island administration that acts on behalf of the Queen in managing and governing that land,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.11