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Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station, Arctowski Station, King George Island Wright Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys Cape Hallett, Victoria Land Holme Bay at Mawson Station, Mac. Robertson Land Schirmacher Oasis, Princess Astrid Coast. An Antarctic oasis is a large area naturally free of snow and ice in the otherwise ice-covered continent of ...
The Schirmacher Oasis (or Schirmacher Lake Plateau) [1] is a 25 km (16 mi) long and up to 3 km (1.9 mi) wide ice-free plateau with more than 100 freshwater lakes. It is situated in the Schirmacher Hills on the Princess Astrid Coast in Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica and is, on average, 100 m (330 ft) above sea level.
Bunger Hills, also known as Bunger Lakes or Bunger Oasis, is a coastal range on the Knox Coast in Wilkes Land in Antarctica, consisting of a group of moderately low, rounded coastal hills, overlain by morainic drift and notably ice free throughout the year, lying south of the Highjump Archipelago. [1]
The original site is situated by the Schirmacher Oasis and marked by a commemorative bronze plaque with the label in German language: Antarktisstation Georg Forster 70° 46’ 39’’ S 11° 51’ 03’’ E von 1976 bis 1996 The plaque is well preserved and affixed to a rock wall at the southern edge of the location. This Antarctic research ...
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McMurdo Dry Valleys, Landsat 7 imagery acquired on December 18, 1999 The Dry Valleys are so named because of their extremely low humidity and lack of snow or ice cover. They are also dry because, in this location, the mountains are sufficiently high that they block seaward-flowing ice from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet from reaching the Ross
The Vestfold Hills are largely snow- and ice-free and are thus classified as an Antarctic oasis.They contain a great variety of lake systems with over 300 lakes and ponds [3] including what is possibly the largest concentration of meromictic (stratified) lakes in the world. [4]
Cape Hallett is a snow-free area (Antarctic oasis) on the northern tip of the Hallett Peninsula on the Ross Sea coast of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Cape Adare lies 100 km (62 mi) to the north. History