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  2. Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    Antarctica is defined as all land and ice shelves south of 60° S for the purposes of the Treaty System. [1] The treaty was signed by twelve countries, including the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Chile, Australia, and the United States. Since 1959, a further 42 countries have acceded to the treaty.

  3. List of countries and dependencies by area - Wikipedia

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    Not included in the list are individual country claims to parts of the continent of Antarctica or entities such as the European Union [a] ... United States: 9,525,067 ...

  4. Geography of Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    The geography of Antarctica is dominated by its south polar location and, thus, by ice. The Antarctic continent , located in the Earth 's southern hemisphere , is centered asymmetrically around the South Pole and largely south of the Antarctic Circle .

  5. List of islands by area - Wikipedia

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    For size and location reference, ... All territorial claims in Antarctica are in abeyance under the Antarctic Treaty System. ... United States: Alaska: 210: Manus ...

  6. An iceberg the size of Delaware is ready to break off Antarctica

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    The nearly 2,000-square-mile section of the ice sheet is hanging on by a thread — a flimsy 12-mile stretch of frozen water.

  7. Territorial claims in Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    The United States, Chile, the Soviet Union and Germany disputed Norway's claim. [18] [19] In 1938, Germany dispatched the German Antarctic Expedition, led by Alfred Ritscher, to fly over as much of it as possible. [17] The ship Schwabenland reached the pack ice off Antarctica on 19 January 1939. [20]

  8. Antarctic Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    Antarctica's two flowering plant species, the Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis) are found on the northern and western parts of the Antarctic Peninsula, including offshore islands, where the climate is relatively mild. Lagotellerie Island in Marguerite Bay is an example of this habitat.

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