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The World of Antarctica. Generis Publishing, 2022. 241 pp. ISBN 979-8-88676-403-1; Kemp, Stanley, A. L. Nelson, and G. W. Tyrell – The South Sandwich Islands. Kohl-Larsen, Ludwig and William Barr – South Georgia, Gateway to Antarctica. Leader-Williams, N. – Reindeer on South Georgia: The Ecology of an Introduced Population.
Country Southernmost point Latitude Antarctica: South Pole: 90°00′S: Antarctic Circle: 66°33′39"S South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) Southern Thule: 59°42′S Chile: Águila Islet, Diego Ramírez Islands Cape Froward (mainland) 56°32′S 53°53′S Argentina: Southernmost point of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
South Georgia is a breeding ground for elephant seals, [13] fur seals, [14] [15] and king penguins. The island is home to the South Georgia pintail and the South Georgia pipit, which are endemic to the island. [16] There are 25 native vascular plants on South Georgia, and 76 non-native species have been recorded. [17] [18]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is in the Latin American NWFZ and not on this map. Bouvet Island (Bouvetøya) ( 54°26′S 03°24′E / 54.433°S 3.400°E / -54.433; 3.400 ( Bouvet Island ) )
A map of the Antarctic region, including the Antarctic Convergence and the 60th parallel south The Antarctic Plate. The Antarctic (/ æ n ˈ t ɑːr t ɪ k / or / æ n ˈ t ɑːr k t ɪ k /, American English also / æ n t ˈ ɑːr t ɪ k / or / æ n t ˈ ɑːr k t ɪ k /; commonly / æ ˈ n ɑːr t ɪ k /) [Note 1] is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around ...
Georgia [c] is a country in Eastern Europe and West Asia. [13] [14] [15] It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, Russia to the north and northeast, Turkey to the southwest, Armenia to the south, and Azerbaijan to the southeast.
About 70% of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica, which, if melted, would raise global sea levels by almost 60 metres (200 ft). Antarctica holds the record for the lowest measured temperature on Earth, −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F). The coastal regions can reach temperatures over 10 °C (50 °F) in the summer.
Antarctica is the southernmost continent on Earth. While Antarctica has never had a permanent human population, it has been explored by various groups, and many locations on and around the continent have been described. This page lists notable places in and immediately surrounding the Antarctic continent, including geographic features, bodies ...